rainfall
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In June, groundwater levels were generally at or just below normal, having been topped up by winter rainfall but depleted by a drier spring in most regions.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
How rainfall seeps into cracks can also build up pressure and lead to collapses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Winds, storms, rainfall and currents are all, in different ways, the planet trying to even out that difference.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The one major exception is north-west Scotland where most areas have seen 40% or more of their normal monthly rainfall.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
As one moves along a north-south axis, one traverses zones differing greatly in climate, habitat, rainfall, day length, and diseases of crops and livestock.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Extreme rainfalls during the ongoing monsoon season are a major source of floods in several parts of India.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Most notably, in May 2017, some 6 million cubic yards of earth moved after torrential rainfalls, adding 15 acres of coastline.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
But there is also a possibility that climate change could lead to stronger El Niño and La Niña modulations, Xie said — making the strongest El Niño events even stronger, and extreme rainfalls more extreme.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
Weather extremes, such as heatwaves and torrential rainfalls, are becoming more frequent and more intense across the United States under climate change.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023
It is our second month in Anlungthmor and we are amid one of the worst rainfalls ever.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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