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When tropical rains battered the building earlier this month, leaks seemed to spout from everywhere, said one 40-year-old man.

Ragasa is not expected to hit Taiwan directly but is set to drench the island's east coast with heavy rains.

But despite the widespread rains Thursday, officials said it likely wouldn’t be enough to pull southwestern California out of “severe drought” conditions, which the region has remained in since March, according to the the U.S.

“With the recent rains and more in the forecast, conditions are ideal for mosquitoes to breed.”

The rains have stranded millions mid-commute, left cars floating in streets that have turned into rivers and caused outbreaks of leptospirosis, a liver ailment that spreads through the excrement of sewer rats.