rainfall
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With high pressure showing little sign of moving away, this largely settled and dry weather pattern looks set to continue into early November, with little prospect of any significant rainfall.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
According to the Environment Agency, rainfall associated with both named storms, along with another area of low pressure on Monday, contributed to the wettest week across the UK for two years.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
As a prolonged cooling period reduced rainfall and dried out the continent, an extinct group of crocodiles adapted to increasingly arid, desert-like environments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
To investigate that relationship, the scientists reconstructed the temperature and rainfall preferences of 400 crocodile species and their ancient relatives.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Both rivers were swollen with rainfall and thick with boulders that created dozens of small, swift waterfalls.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
“Post-fire impacts can change over time, depending on rainfalls, runoffs and sediment movements,” said Eugenia Ermacora, manager of the nonprofit Surfrider Foundation’s L.A. chapter, which has partnered with Held’s team to collect samples.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
Extreme rainfalls during the ongoing monsoon season are a major source of floods in several parts of India.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
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
Weather extremes, such as heatwaves and torrential rainfalls, are becoming more frequent and more intense across the United States under climate change.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023
It is our second month in Anlungthmor and we are amid one of the worst rainfalls ever.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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