Word: downpour
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...Crimson squad that played in the downpour Saturday has come a long way since its last game in the rain--a 3-0 drubbing at Northeastern...
...tropical wave that stalled and refused to move along. In three days, up to 15 in. of water spilled from the skies. In the hillside barrio of Mameyes, an impoverished community of more than 1,500 residents above the south-coast industrial city of Ponce (pop. 250,000), the downpour caused little of the flooding that afflicted lower-lying areas of the island. The 30 degrees slope on which Mameyes' wood and corrugated-tin shanties were built provided a natural sluice--first for the falling rain and then, tragically, for much of the settlement...
...Urirchar. "First came the dark and the menacing clouds. Soon the wind started whistling ominously. Then the heavy rains began to fall." At first Yakub thought with relief that the torrents might disperse the stifling heat, which can exceed 100 degrees F at this time of year. But the downpour quickly gained greater and still greater force. As the alarmed farmer walked out of his hut, he came upon his neighbors gathering in the night. There was frightened talk that Danger Signal No. 9, a cyclone warning calling for immediate evacuation, had been announced on the radio. It was news...
Amidst a torrential downpour 13 years ago, Steve Abbott single kendedly propelled the University of Maine football squad to a stunning upset over the University of Rhode Island...
Despite a steady downpour at New York City's Van Cortlandt Park, the Dartmouth men's cross country team yesterday garnered its first Heptagonal title since...