It dumped plenty of rain and did some damage, but few injuries, and the levees have held.
Although there have been no calamities on the scale of Hurricane Katrina, tornadoes and rain have caused considerable damage.
Some trees were blown down and there was heavy rain, but no widespread damage.
The weather wasn't cooperating with their efforts: National Weather Service crews surveying the damage in Moore reported rain, half-inch hail and 45-mph winds over the debris field.
CNN: Forecasters: Damage in Oklahoma indicative of EF5 tornado
The lack of rain and high temperatures have done considerable damage to crops -- particularly those in the Midwest.
The previous memorial was replaced due to damage from natural ageing and acid rain.
Intel shares were down 1.9% Tuesday, suggesting that investors were not happy with the extent of the damage inflicted by months of heavy rain in Thailand.
It concluded that more than 8, 600 homes, 1, 300 business and 90 schools suffered flood damage as a result of the heavy rain.
Experts also warn that rain may bring secondary disasters such as mudslides and damage to dams in the days or even months after Saturday's earthquake, South China Morning Post adds.
The unseasonal weather led to the damage of hundreds of homes and businesses following torrential rain in Ceredigion, while a number of summer shows in Wales were cancelled.
Heavy rain was also drenching Cuba, which suffered some flooding but no major damage.
The council blamed "exceptional levels of rain last year, followed by snow and ice", which caused damage "across the country".
The damage in the neighborhood was caused chiefly by Katrina's winds and rain.
And farmers and fishermen concede that the only way to get that much rain quickly -- from a tropical storm or hurricane -- would cause more damage than the worst dry spell ever in one the wettest places on Earth.
But such was their intensity -- Wajir, northeast Kenya received more rain in six weeks (402 millimeters) than the annual average -- it led to crop damage, says the WMO.
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