The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says an "atmospheric river" event is set to hit Florida and other parts of the Southeast. The weather event typically occurs in the West.

As extreme weather events have hit the world hard in recent years, one meteorology term - atmospheric rivers - has made the leap from scientific circles to common language. Particularly in places ...

Where many atmospheric river events hit straight from East to West, the closed off low pressure routes back East. This southeast-bound event just might help certain areas that have seen recent ...