So, what about trying to forecast not only the rainstorms but also their likely impact?

BBC: Predicting the next big flood

All of these apps offer optional alerts for major weather events, such as approaching rainstorms.

BBC: The best weather apps for travellers

China also frets about the Olympic games in Beijing in August 2008, in a season when rainstorms are common.

ECONOMIST: But it pours awards on the weather-fixers

After extremely rare desert rainstorms, the lazy rats will tunnel furiously toward other colonies, looking for female mole rats willing to provide them with infrequent workers of their own.

NPR: Mole-Rats, Ants Making Science Headlines

Rainstorms pushed through the Dallas area on Tuesday afternoon.

CNN: Severe weather threatens parts of South

According to the report, which was compiled by more than two dozen scientists, the 2011 runaway bloom was fueled by phosphorus-laden fertilizers that were swept from corn and soybean fields during heavy rainstorms.

WSJ: Report predicts ever-bigger Lake Erie algae blooms