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Southwestern Germany has been hard-hit by high temperatures and low rainfall this summer, which has dried out farmland and seen river levels drop.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

To alleviate drought though, months of above-average rainfall is needed.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

That shift can train a veritable fire hose of tropical moisture at Southern California, potentially leading to significant rainfall across the region — albeit at the cost of drier-than-usual conditions elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

And while the month was relatively dry, the agency said, there was heavy rainfall in several regions and flash flooding in Texas and New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Most of it is a fragile land base where the elevation is high, rainfall is scarce, and drought is a part of life.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Extreme rainfalls during the ongoing monsoon season are a major source of floods in several parts of India.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

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

Scientists have discovered a new technique which will shed light on the phenomena of winter monsoons -- the heavy autumn and winter rainfalls which can cause floods and landslides across southeast Asia.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023

Heavy rainfalls just before an autumn harvest have triggered major rot epidemics with significant losses to growers in three of Tasmania's last five growing seasons.

From Salon ● May 31, 2023

The rainy season in Sierra Leone falls between May and October, with the heaviest rainfalls in July, August, and September.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah