In that case, the problem is that rains now come in torrents rather than trickles, which means heavy rains followed by long dry spells.
These cuts have left the site's drainage system vulnerable when faced with heavy rains.
In Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, voters faced heavy rains and threats of flooding.
Since November, several parts of Bolivia have suffered floods and further heavy rains are expected.
We've just had two days of heavy rains, which people see as a good omen.
Calum Duncan, MCS Scotland programme manager, said heavy rains were almost certainly to blame.
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Heavy rains and winds were reported along India's Kachh region as the cyclone passed coastal Gujarat.
Heavy rains in central Chile have led the government to declare the region a catastrophe zone.
To make matters worse, heavy rains this month destroyed a key bridge in the east (see picture).
That has led to severe erosion and left Haitians vulnerable to massive landslides when heavy rains fall.
The unusually heavy rains have hit many regions used to downpours but also the arid north-east of Brazil.
The Japanese also benefitted from heavy rains that boosted hydropower and from unusually reliable fossil-fuel generators, he said.
Heavy rains could spawn flash flooding in some areas, the weather service said.
But heavy rains would push sewage far enough out to reach the crib.
This summer had already been particularly hot with heavy rains that caused outhouses to flood into several drinking wells.
There residents often live without indoor plumbing and in the summer months endure the scorching heat and heavy rains.
Gridlocked Mumbai can appear to be falling to bits, especially in heavy rains.
There are heavy rains in French Guiana, mosquitoes even - so it is better to protect the people working there.
But Caf's inspection tour of the facilities in the North African country was bogged down by heavy rains and flooding.
Many parts of the country had been badly hit by heavy rains, winds and high waves this year, meteorologists said.
The local weather centre predicts that the heavy rains are likely to continue across much of Bolivia for several weeks.
While the storm has weakened as it moves north, it remains a dangerous storm that continues to produce heavy rains.
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The strong winds, heavy rains and continued heat made it feel tropical, and certainly dangerous, in inland states like Ohio.
He was photographed wading chest high in muddy flood waters when heavy rains brought landslides and chaos to Miranda in 2010.
So many trees have been cut down for charcoal that there's nothing to stop heavy rains from causing mudslides and flooding.
At least 27 people have been killed in landslides in a mountainous area north of Rio de Janeiro, after heavy rains.
The heavy rains forced the closing of a section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 276) and flooded the Neshaminy Creek watershed.
Houston Mayor Bill White said it was essential to get the jam cleared before heavy rains and wind begin Friday afternoon.
The quakes set off landslides, which -- along with heavy rains -- were blocking roads and hampering rescue efforts, Pandey said.
Snow and heavy rains had fallen over most Syrian cities in the past day, the state-run SANA news agency reported Wednesday.
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