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torrential

adjective as in overflowing

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Floods caused by torrential rain have left a number of people trapped in vehicles in Spain's north-eastern Catalonia region, officials say.

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Rescue workers in Mexico are searching for at least 38 people who are missing after torrential rains triggered flooding in 150 locations across five states.

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Fresh floods struck Spain on Sunday as part of the northeastern Catalonia region faced a red alert for torrential rain, a day after downpours unleashed travel chaos on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza.

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The world found out much later because communication lines were hit by torrential rains and heavy snowfall.

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He simmered on the Wembley touchline as he watched his team fold obligingly in the face of torrential English pressure.

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