rain
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Next week looks more unsettled with stronger winds and rain at times.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Torrential rain on Saturday reportedly flooded tens of thousands of tents across Gaza, leaving many Palestinians without a dry place to sleep.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
“Some years, we have a hard time getting any rain at all,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Data centres "use a lot of water," the retiree told AFP, adding that, as in Batam, "if the rain doesn't come for one month, we all feel it".
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
But then, after a little bit of rain, the clouds cleared and brilliant green valleys spread before them, dotted by tiny houses.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Bulldozers and excavators raised dust that seeps into houses while rains washed cyanide used to extract the precious metal into rivers, locals and environmental activists told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Tucked out of sight is a photo of her sister Beatrice Khalayi, 58, who died when intense rains caused widespread destruction in Kibera.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Their embryos can stop developing and remain dormant in damp mud, resuming development when seasonal rains refill the pools.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Scientists warn that November and December’s tides will strengthen again, culminating not only in rough, high seas but also heavy expected rains from El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
I like when it rains in New York.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
“It rained one of the first nights we slept in the house,” Kelsey says.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Noodles’ peers in the punk scene rained love and support down on the guitarist in the comments section of the band’s Instagram post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
It had rained earlier but the sun broke through in time for pictures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"It rained all night, but we stayed put till the choppers came for us," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
This was the first day all summer it had rained hard enough to stop work.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
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Nvidia is raining on what just a day ago was a tech-stock parade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
He said it was raining too hard to capture what he called a cyclone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"Now it is raining and the tent leaks, so we've been facing a difficult situation. We have nowhere to go," said Ramesh Ghale, who also had to flee his home.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
It was raining, and there were no customers.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Dreaming of huge meatballs raining down from the sky as he runs after squirrels in your forest,” Byrd says.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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