The Wimbledon doubles title had also been at the expense of Huber and Black in a 6-1 6-2 thrashing and the Americans were similarly dominant in front of a thin crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium as the final grand slam of the year stretched into an extra day following the heavy rain delays of late last week.
The first rain of the year, which fell last week, turned the Kukcha river, a snow-fed torrent that rushes through the town, from its normal milky jade to a muddy brown.
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The council blamed "exceptional levels of rain last year, followed by snow and ice", which caused damage "across the country".
The Negev gets less than 100mm of rain per year, most of which is washed away in flash floods down mountainsides, so the use of irrigation is not necessarily new.
Only a couple of inches of rain have fallen in Southern California since the start of the year, making the region as dry as it normally would be in the fall, when fire season is typically at its peak.
That's because as the Earth moves around the Sun, it is moving into a stationary field of dark matter - and for half the year it will be moving against the tide of dark matter - just like driving into the rain.
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The city of Hilo, on the state's main island, gets 277 days of rain per year, more than any other town.
With one tree able to produce as much as 400 pounds of food a year, using the Maya nut prevents rain forest clear-cutting to harvest other foods and increases populations' food supplies.
Van Persie stepped up to convert the penalty, but it was scant consolation for a well-beaten Arsenal side, as United moved to within 90 minutes of winning a fourth European Cup and a possible showdown against Premier League rivals Chelsea in a repeat of last year's epic final in the Moscow rain.
The 26-year-old went off the front with a group of five riders and raced clear in pouring rain with 15km left to clinch his first major career win.
Last year, India received less rain in the first half of the June-September monsoon season than usual, hitting western India, which has endured a two year-long dry spell, particularly hard.
So far this year we have seen destructive and deadly weather in the form of rain, tornadoes and flooding, and these are very serious calamities.
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East Anglia had its second driest year on record with 17.6in (449mm) of rain and the Midlands its third driest with 23in (586.5mm).
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The situation for sheep farmers has been made worse because 2012 was also a bad year due to heavy rain and floods - and then the start of this long winter.
Last year, India received below-normal rain in the first half of the June-September monsoon season, and while it picked up in some areas from late August, large parts of west and south India didn't benefit.
At this time of year temperatures in the Northeast often fluctuate dramatically, causing icing, while rain often destroy the base, but right now, East Coast skiers and snowboarders are living the dream and looking at excellent conditions for this time of year, even for Nordic skiing, where snowmaking is a rarity.
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The scarcity of rain--10 inches in a good year--helps keep down plant diseases.
Heavy rain is typical this time of year in Costa Rica, where the rainy season runs roughly from May-November.
The 40-acre site underwent a 12-week programme of drainage and repair work last year, but months of rain and snow has left it in a poor state, the council said.
The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, or Fedecafe, isn't giving a firm forecast for next year's crop, saying estimates are hard to make given the large amount of rain that came down this winter.
This year's rain levels will be particularly critical given the drought in the western state of Maharashtra and the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
Authorities say some areas had as much as 300mm of rain in 24 hours, whilst the normal monthly average for this time of year is around 270mm.
Tiree in the Inner Hebrides recorded 129mm of rain - again more than had fallen in July in any other year this decade.
Revelations that earlier this year a handful of oilfield pipelines (damaged by hurricane-force winds and rain) leaked small amounts of oil onto the island weakened his faith further.
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