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But investors are now worried the incoming torrent of data could swing markets and upend bets on a December interest-rate cut that they had once taken for granted.

To an outsider, this torrent of picayune detail about the financial markets would have been disorienting.

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Heavy rainfall sent torrents of mud down hillsides and into residential areas.

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Kalmaegi dumped the equivalent of a month of rain on the island in just 24 hours, sending torrents of mud and debris down mountainsides and into urban areas.

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The storm sent torrents of muddy water down hillsides and into towns and cities.

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