This story was updated to correct spelling in headline. An atmospheric phenomenon called a Pineapple Express is expected to bring heavy rains and snowfall to California and the Northwest this week.

After an unusually dry January, a weather system called an atmospheric river - or Pineapple Express - is now headed towards ...

In a dramatic rescue during a major storm fueled by an atmospheric river, a Northern California deputy saved a driver trapped in her vehicle after it plunged into a flooded creek near Port Reyes ...

Call it an atmospheric river, a Pineapple Express or just weather, but some parts of California and the U.S. Northwest are being slammed by up to foot of rain before the storm runs out of moisture ...

Call it an atmospheric river, a Pineapple Express or just weather, but some parts of California and the U.S. Northwest are being slammed by up to foot of rain before the storm runs out of moisture ...

The first of two “Pineapple Express” storms arrived in Southern California early Wednesday after delivering a stronger-than-expected pounding to Northern California, breaking rainfall records ...

Call it an atmospheric river, a Pineapple Express or just weather, but some parts of California and the U.S. Northwest are being slammed by up to foot of rain before the storm runs out of moisture ...