The rains were so heavy prior to the final downpour and flooding that the flood plains were already saturated.
These leaders are often ill-equipped to take responsibility in conditions of fog, mist, or semi-torrential downpours of rain.
[external_link_head]In my own town certain commodities can be bought, but not a plastic "mac" in a downpour!
But the first time the child went out in a shower—not a downpour—it got its shoulders and back wet.
In those places where the prevention work was not successful, it was due to the degree of flooding and the downpour.
[external_link offset=1]Severe gales, deep frosts and downpours of rain have often been their lot.
Many tenants report water lying on the balconies outside their living rooms, and a heavy downpour brings it under their doors.
It is unforgivable that sewage works should overflow when there is a heavy downpour.
Normally, we get excited if an inch of rain is recorded at any one time, which shows what a phenomenal downpour it was.
Perhaps he is, after all, a secret "wet" or perhaps only a slight downpour.
We cannot deny that sea levels are rising, the weather is getting warmer and heavy downpours are becoming more frequent.
[external_link offset=2]It examines enormous implications such as rising sea levels, river flooding and sewerage flooding after downpours.
Equally, you may get, after a week a sudden thunderstorm and a great downpour of rain, so that the order becomes entirely unnecessary.
A slurry tank can spill over purely as a result of a sudden enormous downpour in a thunderstorm.
Some people were simply caught in a downpour of ballot papers, all addressed to them.
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