Essentially, if an atmospheric river carries lots of water and lasts for a long time, it will get a higher rank such as AR4 or AR5. Conversely, if it doesn’t carry much water and is short-lived ...

On Oct. 19, an atmospheric river rolled into British Columbia, bringing heavy rain, flooding and mudslides. Alex MacIsaac, 13, was on a school trip in the middle of the forest of the North Shore ...

They appear as a trail of wispy clouds that can stretch for hundreds of miles. In 2019, an atmospheric river nicknamed the “Pineapple Express” hit California.

One year since atmospheric river flooding washed out huge swaths of southwestern B.C., Global's Kamil Karamali has an update on infrastructure repairs, and how much they're costing. – Nov 14, 2022 ...

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