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downpour

noun as in tremendous pouring of rain

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Earlier this month, an atmospheric river storm hit Los Angeles with scattered downpours, flooding and powerful winds.

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Three people in Haiti have already been killed this week as storm bands from Melissa lashed the impoverished nation with heavy downpours, provoking landslides.

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An elderly person also died when a tree fell on them amid downpours earlier in the week, the agency said.

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Winter downpours brought a torrential river cascading down Yucca Trail, which lies between the leveled lodge and the bunkhouse.

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Last week, an atmospheric river storm hit Los Angeles with scattered downpours, fears of flooding and powerful winds.

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