Thunderstorms were expected to bring erratic winds but little rain to the area about 200 miles north of San Francisco.
Friday's broad storm in Oklahoma hit during the evening rush hour and stuck around, causing havoc on Interstate 40, a major artery connecting suburbs east and west of the city, and dropping so much rain on the area that streets were flooded to a depth of 4 feet.
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Hail and heavy rain pelted the metro area to the point that emergency workers had trouble responding to "widespread" reports of injuries.
The Mediterranean coastal fringes have a Mediterranean climate with some rain between October and March, but the vast area of desert inland has very little rain at all and here some of the highest temperatures in the world have been recorded.
The Met Office has confirmed that more than a month's worth of rain fell in the Aberystwyth area on Friday.
The winter system will reach the nation's capital Wednesday, bringing either rain or snow to the area before rolling off shore.
The Amazon rain forest covers a huge area, roughly half as large as the United States, with about 60% of it in Brazil.
Rain showers could hit the area Sunday evening, forecasters say.
If you still don't want your kids canvassing the neighborhood, or they won't be able to because rain is forecast for your area on October 31, you might enjoy planning your children's Halloween party this year.
By Sunday night, tropical rain showers will move into the area and become heavier and more numerous on Monday.
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Rainfall amounts for March and April were below average, but May is already wetter than average, with the average area receiving 86mm of rain up to the 28th day of the month - 70mm is the average.
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The A39 was closed between Treluswell and Devoran from 16:00 GMT on Monday after rain pushed river levels in the Helston area higher.
The number of people needing assistance is much higher, and will likely rise if utility power is not restored by Wednesday, when a northeaster is expected to dump more rain and tropical force winds over the area.
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The Met Office has issued an amber warning for the West Midlands and said sleet and snow will spread across the area throughout the afternoon with heavy rain expected to follow overnight.
"Although the flooding was unprecedented, the amount of rain that fell in the river 'catchment' area was not very unusual, " the report said.
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Meanwhile in Belgium three people have died in recent days after an estimated month's worth of rain fell in just two days in the Flanders area north of Brussels.
Risks are still existing if more water from other dams is again being released to the area, together with the continuing strong rain expected for next few weeks and the high sea level predicted for the middle of October.
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The Met Office said 3in (7cm) of rain fell in three hours in the worst-affected area, Duncton in West Sussex.
Once well within the rain forest, the city as well as its surrounding area now looks like Texas and is the capital of the state's cattle industry.
The Los Angeles area has received less than 2 inches of rain since January, making the bone-dry region "definitely ripe for these fires, " said William Patzert, a NASA climatologist.
"We had initial indications from the Met Office that the front that had moved across the area on Friday was going to have significant rain in mid Wales, " he said.
Caravan parks and villages near Aberystwyth were inundated by floodwater when twice as much rain fell in 24 hours than normally falls in the area in the whole of June.
Local councillor Wyn Evans told the BBC melting snow and torrential rain had caused "severe flooding and destruction" in the area.
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The forecast for past several days has been terrible with warnings and advisories for gusting winds, heavy rain and ice and several inches of snow slated to blow into the Philadelphia area.
South West Water said the area was cleaned on Thursday and would be inspected again following more heavy rain.
The storm hit California and Arizona on Monday with strong wind and rain, knocking out power to thousands and kicking up a dusty haze in the metropolitan Phoenix area.
For the moment there is no indication how long the ruling will remain in place, but with rain forecast until the start of next week, anyone planning a beach holiday to the Biarritz area should look elsewhere.
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