"It started to rain really hard in the evening, and began to flood, " said Augustina Garcia Orsi, a 25-year-old student.

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On the red carpet, the earthquake in Haiti and rain over Los Angeles dampened the Golden Globes Sunday evening.

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The remnants of Allison dumped about 3 inches of rain in most areas on Saturday evening, but nearly 9 inches was recorded in the hardest-hit areas of Doylestown and Willow Grove.

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In the evening light after the rain, a volleyball match.

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Rain and sleet is forecast to move in from the south late on Thursday evening, turning increasingly to snow.

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But my best memories of the cottage are of the screened-in porch out back, reading in a chaise longue, listening to an afternoon rain shower and, one evening, the insistent call of a whip-poor-will.

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And by mid-evening the Square was almost completely deserted, with its wet cobbles gleaming in the rain.

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Up to 30mm of rain was expected on Monday in south-west England, where some 57 of the flood warnings remained in place into the evening.

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