Yesterday, passengers were waiting in the rain for up to three hours just to get inside of the terminal, and that's before they have to go through additional security checks.

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Couples in the southern island province of Hainan even braced bad weather and lined up in the rain, waiting for their chance to say "I do".

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Which is little comfort if you are waiting for a cab outside a New York disco in the rain.

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But in a city known for its year-round drizzly weather, why are people waiting in line for more than two hours to experience more rain?

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Outside the Louisiana Superdome, where as many as 30, 000 people sought shelter, refugees waiting for a bus out of town completely covered an outside plaza, where they waited in the heat and rain.

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