More than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped rainfall on California in 2023 but replenished only 25 percent of the water lost from aquifers since 2006.

California has worked to add tools to protect against mudslides, including pinpointing hot spots, creating basins and placing nets to capture falling debris before it hits homes.

The areas most at risk are on or near hillsides that have burned in recent years, with little or no vegetation left to hold soil in place.

Adaptation can also involve changing how and where people live, prohibiting them from rebuilding in areas that repeatedly ...

Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily ...

On Friday, the storied coastal road had dissolved into a river of mud and debris after a powerful rainstorm sent those burned ...

The Santa Clara Valley Water District says after the dry start to the year, water levels at their reservoirs went from 70% of normal in mid-January to 82% by mid-February.

Officials are grappling with the aftermath of the atmospheric river which caused mudslides and floods, especially in areas impacted by wildfires.

Western Australia's ports of Dampier and Varanus Island reopened, the ports' operator said, after Tropical Cyclone Zelia hit the state's Pilbara iron ore region on Friday. Pilbara Ports said on its ...

Penn State University’s Beaver Campus in Monaca will be getting a new animal diagnostic lab. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office on Friday announced that it made a historic investment of $6 million, secured in ...

Historic rains filled Greater Los Angeles reservoirs and shallow aquifers nearly to capacity in 2023. But drought conditions ...