rainfall
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The area above Oak Glen in San Bernardino County saw about 2 inches of rainfall, according to radar estimates, said Stephanie Sullivan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Record heat and sparse rainfall in Europe this summer hurt production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“There has been a notable increase in the intensity of rainfall, which can be directly tied to a warmer atmosphere,” Jeremy Porter, a physical-risk research director at MSCI, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
El Niño years tend to bring below-average monsoon rainfall in India, which is already being reflected in this year's data.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
There was a chapter about Dacca, and I began to read about its rainfall, and its jute production.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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
But there is also a possibility that climate change could lead to stronger El Niño and La Niña modulations, Xie said — making the strongest El Niño events even stronger, and extreme rainfalls more extreme.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
The research team considered how these urban land changes might affect weather extremes like heat waves, cold waves, heavy rainfalls and severe thunderstorms.
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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