rainfall
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El Niño could bring higher temperatures and reduced rainfall in some parts of Brazil, but excessive rainfall and flooding to other areas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
While better rainfall and agricultural production this year have helped, one good harvest "cannot undo the damage of several years of drought".
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
The drier and warmer theme has also taken hold in India, where the essential monsoon rainfall has been 13% below average.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“Right now, it does not look like rainfall rates will be hazardous unless a thunderstorm develops,” read a National Weather Service forecast read early Monday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
From its original point of entrance the Japanese beetle has spread rather widely throughout many of the states east of the Mississippi, where conditions of temperature and rainfall are suitable for it.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Most notably, in May 2017, some 6 million cubic yards of earth moved after torrential rainfalls, adding 15 acres of coastline.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
Peeling bark from cinnamon tree branches is easiest after heavy rainfalls, which soften the bark, so harvests typically happen after monsoon seasons.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2023
Scientists have discovered a new technique which will shed light on the phenomena of winter monsoons -- the heavy autumn and winter rainfalls which can cause floods and landslides across southeast Asia.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
“So if the rainfalls are spread out in a way that sustains plant growth, you can see some very significant population increases.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
The rainy season in Sierra Leone falls between May and October, with the heaviest rainfalls in July, August, and September.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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