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we ran into a big rainstorm on Highway 6, and the visibility was so poor we had to pull over
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After the severe rainstorms caused major flooding in southern Florida last week, DeSantis encouraged Floridians to apply for federal assistance.
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Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
Thousands of other commuters found themselves in similar straits: About a foot and a half of water had fallen across South Florida—not the product of a hurricane or a tropical storm but of a rainstorm, dubbed Invest 90L, a deluge that meteorologists are calling a once-in-200-years event.
—Mario Alejandro Ariza, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024
John Morales, a consulting meteorologist, said on X that the first flash flood emergency issued by National Weather Service Miami was for a record-breaking rainstorm that the Fort Lauderdale area in April 2023.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
Then on January 9, 2018, after an intense rainstorm, residents of Montecito awoke to a wave of mud upward of 15 feet high sliding toward them.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 29 May 2024
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Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
Thousands of other commuters found themselves in similar straits: About a foot and a half of water had fallen across South Florida—not the product of a hurricane or a tropical storm but of a rainstorm, dubbed Invest 90L, a deluge that meteorologists are calling a once-in-200-years event.
—Mario Alejandro Ariza, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024
John Morales, a consulting meteorologist, said on X that the first flash flood emergency issued by National Weather Service Miami was for a record-breaking rainstorm that the Fort Lauderdale area in April 2023.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
Then on January 9, 2018, after an intense rainstorm, residents of Montecito awoke to a wave of mud upward of 15 feet high sliding toward them.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 29 May 2024
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“Rainstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainstorm. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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rainstorm
noun
rain·storm
-ˌstȯ(ə)rm 
: a storm of or with rain
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