The “expanding atmospheric sponge,” or the atmosphere's ability to evaporate, absorb and release 7% more water for every degree Celsius the planet warms, is a key driver of the whiplash.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg explains how wildfires like the deadly ones burning in California can grow so quickly.

A series of savage lurches from intensely dry to fiercely wet conditions helped fuel the horrific winter fires we're currently watching destroy parts of Los Angeles and surrounding wilderness. A new review of over 200 papers finds this 'hydroclimate whiplash' has increased considerably,