But we do not want it to rain too hard.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

Instead of despairing at the discomfort of rain and mud, the crowd rejoiced in its power to resist the weather."

VOA: special.2009.08.10

The rain harvesting systems mean that a family member no longer has to walk long distances to get water.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

Then the woman wrapped the rain babies in pieces of cloth and laid them to sleep in a drawer.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

As he handed the basket to his wife, a sudden rush of cool rain put out the fire.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

A crash of thunder sounded as a bolt of lighting struck the ground close to the basket where the rain babies slept.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

"It contributes to smog,acid rain, loss of biodiversity, dead zones along the coast, global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion.

VOA: special.2011.04.05

Signs of climate change include an increase in rain when there used to be only snow, new plant life,and melting ice sheets.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

She reached the blanket just in time to see the weasel run off with a tiny rain baby hanging from its mouth.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

These collect rainwater. But the device is designed to collect water even when there is no rain.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

And he says his builders use the same building methods as traditional builders to keep out rain.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

She bent over the basket touching her lips softly to the forehead of each sleeping rain baby.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

"He is just as nice and pleasant as ever, but he still does not know enough to come in, out of the rain.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

He is just as nice and pleasant as ever, but he still does not know enough to come in out of the rain.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

He rode that tornado across Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, all the time squeezing the rain out of it to save the land from drought.

VOA: special.2009.11.28