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the downpour was so heavy that we were soaked by the time we got to the car
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Torrential downpour after a dry fall A system moving in from Road Island on Wednesday brought the showers, Candice Hrencecin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, NWS, in Boston, told USA TODAY.
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
The storm is expected to clear from the far northeast early Tuesday, though risks of further downpours and strong winds remain across the south of the UK until Wednesday.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
Image While those warnings did not anticipate the full extent of the threat, the downpour’s disastrous scope quickly became clear.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Don Turner, 78, and wife Terri, 74, had been missing since torrential downpours dropped up to a year’s worth of rain in eight hours on parts of Valencia last Tuesday.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
The storm is expected to clear from the far northeast early Tuesday, though risks of further downpours and strong winds remain across the south of the UK until Wednesday.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
Image While those warnings did not anticipate the full extent of the threat, the downpour’s disastrous scope quickly became clear.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Don Turner, 78, and wife Terri, 74, had been missing since torrential downpours dropped up to a year’s worth of rain in eight hours on parts of Valencia last Tuesday.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Downpour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downpour. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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downpour
noun
down·pour
-ˌpōr 
-ˌpȯr
: a heavy rain
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