Flows following this winter in California pose a bigger threat than typical mudslides, UC Riverside professor Andrew Gray ...

The 2025 runoff forecast is 20.6 MAF, 80% of average. Runoff in 2024 was 23.3 MAF, 91% of average. The annual average is 25.7 MAF.

A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.

Flooding concerns return as a powerful winter storm hits Northern California, bringing periods of heavy rain and ...

STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE LOW SNOWPACK WILL LEAD TO A VERY LOW SPRING RUNOFF. THIS MEANS LAKES AND RIVERS STATEWIDE WON’T GET THE BOOST OF WATER THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE. THE GROUP IN CHARGE OF ...

Heavy rain and melting snow over the weekend will result in an increasing flood risk for Spokane and the Inland Northwest.

The biggest storm of the winter, packing a firehose of rain across much of California, will trigger flooding, mudslides and road closures that may put lives and property at risk during the latter part ...

Water managers are preparing for another potentially lackluster runoff this year in the Colorado River Basin. At a meeting ...

but potentially heavy rain on burned hillsides could cause toxic ash runoff. Los Angeles County crews spent the past week removing vegetation, shoring up slopes and reinforcing roads in areas ...

“All these fresh burns are very susceptible to rapid runoff ... hit mountain slopes charred by a huge wildfire. Hundreds of homes were damaged and 23 people died. The rain ended a near ...

But heavy downpours on charred hillsides could bring the threat of new troubles like toxic ash runoff ... of the Otay Mountain Wilderness near the U.S.-Mexico border. The rain was expected ...