An atmospheric river is expected to hit California later this week, bringing heavy rain and wind to much of the state.

Major droughts, such as that of 1982 ... Compared with the Federation and Millennium droughts, the World War II drought had more breaks. However, it also had more periods of intense dryness. Map: ...

A major atmospheric river storm — strong enough to potentially rival some of the extreme storms that have walloped Southern California in recent winters — is barreling toward the coast ...

There are many wealthy countries in the world, but very few can claim they have no rivers or lakes. However, what this country lacks in water, it certainly makes up for it with huge oil reserves.

An atmospheric river event is forecast to bring rainfall, snow, and the potential for flooding to parts of California this ...

The govern-ment has initiated a working plan to clean the polluted waters of four major rivers -- Buriganga, Turag, Balu and Shitalakkhya -- that surround the capital, said Environment Adviser Syeda ...

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...

An expert at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon that can wreak havoc across California.

It's one of the few river deltas that empties into empty into fresh water rather than the sea, and its islands are "dotted with beautiful stilted houses", and restaurants, travel blog Sol Salute says.

Brazilian authorities Monday decreed a “state of water shortage” in the basins of five major rivers nationwide. The critical situation affects some 2,264 million km², it was explained.

A powerful storm with an atmospheric river threatens to bring life-threatening flooding and debris flow from Los Angeles ...