Rain News
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By AFP
Moscow -
Torrential rains in Moscow on Monday beat a 129-year-old record for the heaviest August downpours, the state weather service said.Muscovites splashed through flooded streets after more than 48 millimetres (1.
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Oshawa -
Teams from Environment Canada began cleaning up debris Saturday after powerful summer storms toppled trees and damaged homes south of Toronto, even spawning a small tornado.
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By AFP
Chitral -
Pakistani rescuers on Sunday found the bodies of two schoolchildren hit by an avalanche in the mountainous northwest, while nine more remain buried beneath the snow.
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Monterey -
Rainfall in Northern California is expected to continue most of the day Saturday leading to a major rainstorm late in the day into early Sunday.
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San Francisco -
Frances Picazo of San Francisco couldn't sleep Saturday night, not with a new storm bearing down on the family home in the city's Mission District.
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New York -
More than 1,000 flights from East Coast cities in the U.S. had to be cancelled Monday as a major winter storm moved into the region with snow, ice and high winds.
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Truckee -
A Monday storm brought a bit of drought-relief to California's parched Lake Tahoe by dumping 4.3 billion gallons, boosting the lake's level almost two inches, said Tim Bardsley, a National Weather Service hydrologist.
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San Francisco -
Bay Area residents braced Sunday for the second rainstorm in a week as a widespread weather system approached from the northwest.
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By AFP
Oyama -
Tens of thousands of people were ordered to flee homes across Japan on Thursday as heavy rain pounded the country, sending radiation-tainted waters into the ocean at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
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By AFP
Khargram -
Rescuers were digging through piles of debris to search for survivors after landslides triggered by heavy rain killed at least 30 people across India's famed tea-growing region of Darjeeling, police said Wednesday.
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In southern Norway, earthworms have been raining down from the skies, and biologists and meteorologists have been scratching their heads.
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"Blood rain" is forecast to fall on Britain Friday night, as sand from the Sahara sweeps north from Africa to blanket parts of the island.
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Tiny water-repellent spines on a gecko’s skin help keep the lizard dry in humid conditions. This property, similar to the way rain drops react on a waxed car, was recently found by scientists.
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Monterey -
The biggest rainstorms in years are expected to continue to pound Northern California for days after resuming Wednesday, bringing a welcome end to three years of drought but ushering in concerns about landslides, flooding and falling trees.
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San Francisco -
Rain is expected to start falling this afternoon in Northern California and could continue for several days in the largest storm to reach the region in years.
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Hagerstown -
The winter of 2014-2015 is already one to remember for millions of U.S. residents living on the country's East Coast, and the season hasn't officially started yet.
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A study has found that hailstones form around certain biological materials. This presents a new way of thinking about the formation of snow and rain.
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Tropical Storm Mario made landfall in Northern Luzon in the Philippines late Friday after dropping heavy rains in Metro Manila, causing widespred flooding that prompted government to suspend classes in grade schools up to college level.
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If French King Louis XIV was known as ‘The Sun King’, President François Hollande should be remembered as ‘The Ice-Bucket President’ or ‘The Rain Man’ for after only two years of mandate, he keeps appearing under the rain everywhere he goes.
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Pune -
At least 17 people are believed to have been killed and dozens are thought to be buried under mud and debris after torrential rainfall causes a massive mudslide.
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Chicago -
It seems that at least part of corporate America is learning to use climate change to its advantage. In terms of liability, insurance companies have begun to embrace the reality of climate change and the fact that it has been going on for decades.
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By AFP
Miami -
Streets collapsed and flights were delayed as heavy rains lashed the U.S. East Coast as far south as usually sunny Florida, after tornadoes ripped through other parts of the country leaving dozens dead.
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By Reuters
Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended a 55-race winless spell when drove his Chevrolet to victory in a rain-interrupted, crash-marred Daytona 500 on Sunday in the season-opening NASCAR race.
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You know that song, "The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain?" Well, its official, they lied. Since the start of 2014, some towns in northern Spain, including the coast, have had rainfall virtually every day, making it the wettest since 1969.
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Two weather agencies in Great Britain have reported that the country faced its wettest January since their records began more than 100 years ago.
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Early figures have suggested several parts of England and Wales have experienced its wettest January since records began over 100 years ago.
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The severe weather affecting the U.S. has been widely reported. To help those affected, the U.S. CDC has provided some advice on dealing with the wintery conditions.
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Why don't butterflies get damp or wet when it rains? The answer is inked to the make-up of the surface of the wings of the butterfly.
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Berkeley -
Scientists have proven Mark Twain wrong . The writer said: “Everybody talks about the weather but no one does anything it.”
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US scientists have calculated that diamonds big enough for celebrities to wear could be raining down on Jupiter and Saturn.
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Rain Image
A rainbow at sunset arced across the sky above London, Ontario. Winds were light and the sky clearing.
People wade through flooded streets in Charsadda, Pakistan by DFID
The first massive, huge thunderstorm to hit the city of Toronto this summer (2010).
The first massive, huge thunderstorm to hit the city of Toronto this summer (2010).
Raindrops can still be seen on a holly bush after a thunderstorm.
This is what we have dealt with since early Saturday morning, 10/27/12.
The first massive, huge thunderstorm to hit the city of Toronto this summer (2010).
Clouds left over from a thunderstorm.
Rain on my office window during January gales
Left over clouds from a thunderstorm in Nashville, TN.
CALM: San Francisco looks peaceful from the air in this photo from 2004 but residents are bracing for another powerful rainstorm expected to batter the Bay Area on Sunday. Aran Johnson / Wikimedia Commons
Rain drops left on the shrubs after the thunderstorm.
The recent flooding in Pakistan has devastated large areas of the country. by DFID
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