Without congressionally approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather.
Courtesy of the Imperial Irrigation District
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Scientists are now flying planes into the rivers aloft to learn more about how they form and develop. -
The U.S. endured 18 separate billion-dollar disasters in 2022, highlighting the growing damages of human-caused climate change. -
A string of heavy rains in Southern California brought needed moisture but more damage to the aging Ocean Beach Pier. -
More than 100,000 customers were without power and millions were under flood warnings as powerful storms continue to hit California. The death toll from recent storms is now up to 17. -
President Biden approved an emergency declaration as parts of California issue evacuation orders and close school districts after intense downpours. -
Mostly dry and cool conditions will continue through Monday evening with another in a series of Pacific storm systems bringing widespread rainfall. -
California braced for more stormy weather as rain began to sweep into the northern part the state and the San Francisco Bay area, raising the potential for road flooding, rising rivers and mudslides. -
More Pacific storms are lined up to blast into the state, where successive powerful weather systems have knocked out power to thousands, battered the coastline, flooded streets, toppled trees and caused at least six deaths. -
High surf warnings are in effect in San Diego coastal areas until 6 p.m. Friday. -
This atmospheric river was a so-called Pineapple Express originating near Hawaii and pulled toward the West Coast by a rotating area of rapidly falling air pressure known as a bomb cyclone.
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