rain
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Heavy rain began to pour over Indiana last week, with more than 11 inches falling over two days in some areas, according to data from the National Weather Service in Indianapolis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Forecasters warned of life-threatening flooding and mudslides, with as much as 25 inches of rain possible at higher elevations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some 1,000 people from 18 different villages and settlements remain evacuated, though weather forecasts call for some welcome light rain and lower temperatures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The change in weather pattern that is bringing this cooler air will also result in an increased chance of rain, including in areas currently in drought.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
It rained that afternoon and all evening, the kind of rain that stings when it hits your skin.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
This is due to heavy rains in Chile that temporarily halted mining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
On Monday, as he inspected the mine after heavy rains, he spotted the rock.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The path would be unusable during heavy rains, but Bar-Zemer and others say that would be less than 20 days each year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Smoke and fires are a normal occurrence here in the US Pacific Northwest every summer, as residents wait for the autumn rains to arrive.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The weather was growing hotter as the rains tapered off.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Time had punctured the roof with 20 holes and whenever it rained, Baker would run around placing buckets under them and emptying them when they were full, like a game of Whac-A-Mole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Boston Red Sox remained one win shy of matching their team-record longest win streak, set in 1946, after their Major League Baseball game against Baltimore was rained out on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
A number of flights were disrupted on the eve of the World Cup final in New Jersey, while a Yankees-Dodgers baseball game in the Bronx was among several local sporting events to be rained off.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
When the U.S. flag was paraded onto the pitch during the World Cup opening ceremony in Mexico City last week, jeers rained down from the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Cesium 137 rained down more than a thousand miles away in Scotland, where it covered fields and wound up being concentrated in the flesh of livestock.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
It was raining, and there were no customers.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
All of this would happen because the financial professional had read the midyear reports raining down from major financial institutions.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Hattersley once joked that Margaret Thatcher changed the political weather, and "it hasn't stopped raining since".
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
"It sounds like it's raining, which is a sound I don't mind too much," Bianco said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
It starts raining a little harder, and Ziggy starts whining.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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