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Atmospheric Rivers May be Diminishing on the West Coast and Surging in the East, Study Finds

Over a 20-year period, atmospheric rivers could double the amount of rain falling on part of the Southeast, the researchers found.

By Chad Small

Floodwater covers roads following heavy rain on April 4 in Hopkinsville, Ky. Credit: Jason Davis/Getty Images
Chaz Netzer and his son Jaxson, 8, watch the deluge of water gathering up at the Calvary Christian Academy as flash flood warnings are in effect on May 13 in Cresaptown, M.D. Credit: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Flooding Caused by Atmospheric River Over Maryland Shows How Climate Change Is Stressing Inland Communities

By Aman Azhar

The Potomac River floods downtown Westernport, Md., after extreme rain on May 13. Credit: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

An Atmospheric River Brought This Week’s Flooding Rains to the Southeast

By Sean Sublette

Firefighters block off a flooded road as a powerful atmospheric river brings heavy rains and wind to the San Francisco Bay Area on Nov. 22 in Windsor, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Water Experts Prepare for Climate Whiplash

By Liza Gross

More than a year ago, a catastrophic flood submerged the tiny town of Pájaro, about 95 miles south of San Francisco. The Pájaro PhotoVoice Project offered survivors of the disaster the opportunity to use photography to grapple with the impacts of climate change. Credit: Ricardo Paz-Hernandez

After the Deluge, Images of Impacts and Resilience in Pájaro, California

By Liza Gross

Landslides following a series of atmospheric river storms this month left three homes on-the-edge of a cliff in Dana Point, Calif. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Another Climate Impact Hits the Public’s Radar: A Wetter World Is Mudslide City

By Audrey Gray

The Ilulissat Ice fjord in Greenland runs west 25 miles from the Greenland ice sheet to Disko Bay close to Ilulissat town. Credit: Veronique Durruty/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

Extreme Rain From Atmospheric Rivers and Ice-Heating Micro-Cracks Are Ominous New Threats to the Greenland Ice Sheet

By Bob Berwyn

An aerial view of landslide damage in La Cañada Flintridge, California on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California, Battered by Atmospheric Rivers, Faces a Big Melt This Spring

By Bob Berwyn

Construction crews work at the scene where a section of Highway 1 collapsed into the Pacific Ocean near Big Sur, California on Jan. 31, 2021. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

A Surge From an Atmospheric River Drove California’s Latest Climate Extremes

By Bob Berwyn

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