In an instant, dark clouds engulfed the sky, obscuring the scorching sun in Al-Hizamat, a small village near Afak district in Iraq's Diwaniyah Governorate. Rain was imminent. Almost. A few minutes ...

More than 4,000 years ago, two Sumerian city-states – Lagash and Umma – were engaged in a fierce war over a strip of fertile land and a canal fed by the Tigris River in what today would be southern ...

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor. They take water from oceans and flow through the sky dumping rain in prodigious amounts. They have increased in the area ...

Another round of atmospheric river-fueled storms was poised to soak the Bay Area from Tuesday night into the weekend, accompanied by gusty winds and thunderstorms. The National Weather Service ...

Bay Area residents need to soak up the sunshine today (Monday), because another atmospheric river is forecast to roll through the region through the rest of the week. The National Weather Service says ...

A weak atmospheric river is brewing over California and is set to deliver two rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall, a chance of thunderstorms, small hail and high-elevation snow to the Bay Area ...

It's part of our next weather makers: A flood watch has been issued for parts of our area: While not everyone is included in this flood watch, if you live or drive near a lake, river, creek or ...