Usually a winter phenomenon, another late-season atmospheric river brings soaking rains to northern California.
Onslaught of rain soaks California
March 30, 2018
Flooding concerns at Oroville Dam as water levels reach capacity
February 14, 2017
"Maya Express" behind Gulf Coast soaking
March 22, 2016
Federal law may protect the river habitat in the name of endangered fish, but on land, grapevines are king. This article is the first in a two-part series about how scientists are helping find compromise amid local tensions over water supplies.
La Niña usually means a drier than average water year for California. So what happened in 2016-2017 when a weak La Niña coincided with a remarkably wet water year?
Now that the 2016-2017 winter is over with, it's time to look back and see what happened. Did our winter outlook do well?