LOS ANGELES — The Gamboa family isn’t quite sure how they’re going to get back into their home in Wrightwood.

When a powerful atmospheric river began drenching Southern California this week, they were forced to leave as the hills around them dissolved into a river of mud and debris, which by Friday was drying and hardening into a 3-foot ...Read more

For the second time in less than a year, a pair of ski patrollers at Mammoth Mountain have been caught in an avalanche after a major snowstorm.

At about 7:30 a.m. Friday, before the resort in eastern California opened, the two were performing "avalanche mitigation work" when a sudden slide occurred on Lincoln Mountain, according to Joani Lynch,...Read more

Major storms on both U.S. coasts and into the upper Midwest are disrupting travel plans during the busy postholiday period when many Americans are making their way back home.

More than 1,600 flights across the United States had been canceled as of 1:30 p.m. Eastern time Friday, according to the FlightAware website. There were more than 19,000 ...Read more

NEW YORK — Christmas festivities are winding down while New Yorkers are gearing up for a major snow storm.

The fast-moving storm is poised to bring snow and ice to huge swaths of Northeast this weekend, with more than 23 million people under winter storm warnings, including New York City, which could see its most significant snowfall since ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A year ago, officials were sounding alarms about a bone-dry winter that days later would combine with wind gusts of up to 100 mph to bring about the worst fires in Los Angeles history.

Now, Southern California just experienced its wettest Christmas in modern history.

This Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were the rainiest in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A year ago, officials were sounding alarms about a bone-dry winter that days later would combine with hurricane-strength winds to bring about the worst fires in Los Angeles history.

Now, Southern California just experienced its wettest Christmas in modern history.

This Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were the rainiest in the ...Read more

Coastal communities in Southern California braced for more rain and flash floods even as a powerful Christmas storm began to ease on Thursday evening, with a state of emergency still in place for Los Angeles and neighboring counties.

The potential for flooding will be high through Friday, as more showers and thunderstorms pass through the area,...Read more

A winter storm rocked the Sacramento region on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, bringing high winds, rain and power outages.

Here’s a roundup of what occurred and the weather outlook.

Outages around the Sacramento region

Numerous outages were reported around the greater Sacramento region during the storm.

One outage affected 3,947 PG&...Read more

Christmas Eve has arrived and so has the rain for the Las Vegas Valley.

A fire hose of tropical moisture from the Pacific Ocean is bringing widespread showers to Southern Nevada. The valley is under a flood watch until 4 a.m. Christmas morning.

Large portions of the valley has seen considerable rain today, with one home in Centennial Hills ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The most powerful Christmas storm in years slammed into Southern California on Wednesday, closing roads, flooding streets and drenching last-minute holiday shoppers.

The region’s wet Christmas is expected to continue through the weekend, though forecasters said Wednesday was expected to be the more intense day of rain. ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Thousands of people awoke without power Wednesday morning after a powerful storm slammed into the Bay Area, toppling trees and further complicating holiday travel across the region.

The North Bay, Peninsula and the South Bay appeared to bear the brunt of the latest storm front, which packed wind gusts topping out at 108 mph...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A major atmospheric river storm walloping the state with heavy rains, strong winds and major snow has made its way to Southern California, bringing what forecasters say may become the region's worst Christmas storm in recent memory.

"This is a long-duration event, so we're going to be having the cumulative effects of rain," said...Read more

A powerful Pineapple Express storm could deliver a wet, white and potentially wild Christmas to California, with the possibility of snow in the Sierra Nevada and plenty of rainfall across Southern California.

The incoming atmospheric river system is shaping up to be the strongest in years to hit the Los Angeles area on the holiday — and ...Read more

Six weeks after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica and left behind an unprecedented trail of destruction, hundreds of people remain unable to return home, while many others are still without electricity.

Dennis Zulu, the United Nations resident coordinator for the country and several others Caribbean islands, said Wednesday that while �...Read more

SEATTLE — A storm brought high winds and heavy rain to Western Washington overnight into Wednesday, leaving more than 200,000 customers in the dark after days of flooding.

Wind speeds reached the 50s and 60s in Seattle and surrounding areas early Wednesday: In the Alpental Ski Area, 112 mph gusts were recorded around 2 a.m., and Snoqualmie ...Read more

Three weeks after Jamaica was battered by the worst hurricane to hit the island on record, roads were still clogged with debris, thousands remained without electricity, and at Jakes Hotel on the island’s hard-hit Treasure Beach, brother and sister Jason and Justine Henzell were in a quandary.

As they worked to help farmers and fishermen in ...Read more