The bad news is that more of this sort of rain is expected as the climate changes.
One way to increase the probability of rain is to seed the formation not of water droplets, but of ice crystals, an important step in precipitation.
So it seems that if it gets locked into the wrong position, with a pattern of large waves, heavy rain is the result.
But at the same time, rain is falling inside the walls and must be pumped out, or you get a different kind of flood.
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Irrigated rice-farming, which is two or three times more productive than the rain-fed sort, is growing rapidly throughout the basin, albeit from a low base.
It took Isaac Clarke nearly two games to overcome his own guilt and pain from losing Nicole, are we to believe that Carver is that much stronger of an individual that in three easy missions and destroying the moon Carver is as right as rain as Isaac is at least at the beginning of this game?
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Emergency services and homeowners are anxiously keeping an eye on the weather as more heavy rain is forecast over the coming days.
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Sometimes, though, it comes down to the sort of game where hard grunt is the key - half the season is played in rain and heavy mud and Bath maybe just lack a little bit of dog.
It is estimated that a fifth of Russia's wheat crop has now died due to the lack of rain in what is thought to be the country's worst drought for more than a century.
As this is written, the Greek parliament is doing another austerity rain dance, seeking to appease the bailout gods and obtain a few billion more euros to shovel into the unionized money incinerator that is the Greek public sector.
"Water everywhere - except reservoirs", the paper writes, adding that more rain is predicted in the coming days.
But the fine weather is set to continue during the first part of the weekend, although rain is a real possibility on Saturday night and during Sunday.
The National Weather Service says above-normal rain is expected in the next week over areas of the Southeastern United States, where the drought has steadily worsened.
The rain is part of a band affecting several Southern states where severe weather also was possible.
Although weakened, Parma is still bringing heavy rain across the northern Philippines, and the government is warning residents to be aware of landslides and further flooding.
"Once the rain is here, the remaining sludge will be washed out and the the dam's northern sections is going to break away, " Mr Illes said.
Doing the same thing in the rain is not fun.
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But basically, the rain is coming, it's hitting the mountains and it's just coming racing down into the valley, into the rivers, overflowing the rivers, and flooding the city.
MONROVIA, Liberia (CNN) -- The first thing that hits you when you get off the plane at Roberts International Airport outside the Liberian capital of Monrovia is the rain.
In southern California for example, over the last 150 years the most common amount of rain fall is 13 inches but the second most common is 26 inches.
Chicago is dealing with a foot and a half of snow, freezing rain is falling in the Northeast and the wind chill is in the 20s here in the Sonoran Desert.
Samples of both appear on the new Black Rain release, which is issued by the London-based record label Blackest Ever Black.
Sensors and microchips could be applied to your bag or jacket pocket and remind you to take your umbrella with you if the forecast is for rain or not to forget your house keys if you are leaving the house.
According to the Darrell Survey of Tour gear, it is the number one choice for club rain protection on the PGA Tour - and the LPGA Tour - and the Champions (Senior) Tour.
The word momentum is often used but after the rain-interrupted Edgbaston Test I am sensing a slight shifting of momentum back in Australia's favour.
Betting on the gift of rain from Mother Nature is a lot like rolling the dice.
The rain dancing is really just a bit of lighthearted fun for crying out loud!
Rain is in the forecast, and the Pletcher-trained Revolutionary is one of only a handful of horses with a prior win on a muddy track.
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