Experts said they were now working to access a nearby underground culvert, which ruptured during the downpour.
As the conference came to an end, an on-and-off drizzle that fell on Colombo turned into a downpour.
Audi's winning car was the only one of their three to complete the contest, which ended in a torrential downpour.
But unlike on Sunday, when torrential rain soaked the jubilee pageant on the River Thames, the showers did not become a downpour.
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Says you can blog from a bathtub or in a downpour.
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Hundreds of properties in Hampshire, West and East Sussex were affected earlier in the week after drains and rivers overflowed under the pressure of the downpour.
Even those setting off the firecrackers would dart out into the road, light the fuse and then rush back into a doorway to take shelter from the downpour.
Two years ago 18-year-old Gisela Ugalde was on a family trip to Buenos Aires, sitting next to her father as he drove down the highway in a heavy downpour.
But all that changed after eight minutes when a glaring error by 22-year-old keeper Scott Carson handed Croatia the lead on a pitch left partly waterlogged by a torrential pre-match downpour.
While most turned up early to avoid long queues, some said they wanted to beat the scorching tropical heat that builds up through the day and is usually followed by heavy afternoon downpour.
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As darkness fell there was a torrential downpour.
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Once you enter the dark space where a dramatic spotlight shines on a 100sqm patch of falling water, the sound of the shower and the feeling of moisture in the air immediately gives the familiar impression of being caught in a downpour.
But at the moment of totality, a torrential downpour spoiled the view.
Flood-control authorities were still verifying statistics related to the downpour, Xinhua reported.
If the sky god is "angry" there will be thunder, heavy downpour, floods, etc.
On this day, after a downpour, it smells musty.
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But already this week, a pre-monsoon downpour leaked into hundreds of shelters.
They were undaunted by a tropical downpour and the presence of riot police.
It was fitting, too, perhaps, considering the World Series champion Giants clinched the NL pennant against the Cardinals in a downpour on this very field last fall.
The hosts, needing a win to reach the Super Six stage, were 229 for six after 45 overs in reply to Sri Lanka's 268 for nine when a downpour drove the players off the field.
In truth, the spectacle was ruined by the downpour that arrived shortly after kick-off.
They drank some whiskey and watched the fire burn until the downpour drowned the flames in the shallow pit.
Heavy rain hit coastal Massachusetts first at 01:00 and then remained calm for two more hours before another downpour hit the south around 03:00.
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Fukushima prefecture, which was devastated by the 2011 tsunami, saw more than 30 centimeters (1 foot) of rain in 48 hours -- the heaviest downpour there in 50 years, NHK said.
The race kicked off under a heavy downpour as the runners snaked around wet London streets.
Believe me, if you are going to walk 50 miles (80km) in a torrential downpour, you want the best money can buy.
That led to disastrous consequences in July 2005 when after a heavy downpour, the river overflowed and the city got flooded.
When the downpour eased, the roof opened up over Centre Court.
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