downpour

The gray skies part, the clouds lift and a warm maternal comfort spreads across the film, creeping in like the sun’s rays falling on cobblestones still shining from a sudden downpour.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

But French fans, despite their tricolore turnouts up and down the East Coast, became even grumpier during their win over Iraq after enduring a lengthy delay and biblical downpour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Each time a downpour begins, Scott strips down to the waist, grabs a large glass jug, and runs out to one of three drainpipes to collect enough water to last the week.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

A mother sloth shelters her baby from a downpour at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

At one point, a downpour forced him to roll the log close to the cabin.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

He added: "Flash flooding can become a problem because the ground remains temporarily hot and baked solid meaning these sudden, intensive downpours cannot easily soak into the earth, drastically increasing the immediate flooding risk."

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

New technology is set to bolster a city that suffered catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Harvey—and faces downpours this summer as it hosts World Cup games.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Stephane Baron, from Charente-Maritime, western France, is bracing for disastrous harvests, due to downpours in February and successive heatwaves in May and June.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Warmer temperatures are also shrinking the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, he said, and that means more and more of the state’s water will come from big downpours during atmospheric rivers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

The rainy season had started, and though it was only drizzling now, in the days ahead, we’d face many downpours.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman