Heavy rain fell overnight, and next day the pitch soon developed into a traditional sticky wicket.

* 1982 – Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.

* 1957 – Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kill 992.

* Heavy massive rain, landslides, and flooding in western and southwestern Japan kill an estimated 2, 566, and injure 9, 433, mainly at Kizugawa, Wakayama, Kumamoto and Kitakyushu ( June – August ).

Heavy rain fell nearly every day, causing severe morale problems among the exposed troops struggling in mud.

Heavy rain, especially during El Niño or too much mountain snow from winter storms can cause major flooding in the spring.

Heavy rain, especially during El Niño or too much mountain snow from winter storms can cause major flooding in the spring.

Heavy rain in Cheshire County caused the Cold River and its tributaries to swell, washing away homes, cars and 4 miles of Route 123.

Heavy rain is common in the winter.

Heavy rain can cause pollutant levels to rise and the river suffers from tipping and urban litter.

Heavy rain began two hours into the race, covering the circuit in mud from the extensive flower arrangements, and warping the main straight's boards.

Heavy rain, however, had turned the battlefield into a thick, muddy morass and as a result transportation and resupply efforts were hampered as were attempts to reposition the supporting artillery and as a consequence when the attack went in at 5: 25 am on 12 October the 9th and 10th Brigades had only limited fire support.

Heavy rain, however, turned the ground to mud and further offensive actions resulted in heavy casualties for limited gains.

The weather corps of Corps I Operation Order stated: " Visibility: Heavy driving wind and rain during parts of day and night.

Heavy rain struck the Bay of Plenty and Whakatane on 16 – 18 July 2004 causing severe flooding and resulting in a state of civil emergency being declared.

Heavy rainfall also occurred in Georgia, with some areas experiencing over 12 inches ( 300 mm ) of rain.

Heavy rain then began to fall ceaselessly for many days, causing the Han River to flood.

Heavy rain before and during the race produced problems with tyre selection which caught out many teams, which allowed the weak Minardi team to have a real chance for victory the only time ever, because they were the only team who prepared to the rainfall, but their drivers were also soon out.

Heavy rain overspread the city as the night progressed, totaling to.

Heavy rain made it impossible to run the Royal Stand Plate over its usual distance of 2 miles, so it was shortened to 5 furlongs on the only raceable part of the course.

Heavy rain during the construction resulted in a bulldozer sinking into the field.

Heavy rain fell in association with the depression in parts of Florida and Georgia.

Heavy rain fell on Hispaniola as the storm progressed westward, and on Jamaica, the storm caused three drownings.

Heavy rain returned on Thursday 22 August as a Grand Procession went from Holyrood to Edinburgh Castle.

In early 2002, Digweed underwent a six week country-wide tour of the United States with Sasha and Jimmy Van M called Delta Heavy.

Heavy guns based on the Maxim such as the Vickers machine gun were joined by many other machine weapons, which mostly had their start in the early 20th century such as the Hotchkiss machine gun.

Heavy and persistent precipitation contributed to almost constant snow cover in the Northeastern US which finally receded in early May.

In the early 70s, Queen helped spur the heavy metal genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence ; the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in addition, they fused the music genre with a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed.

UFO became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

Heavy building work is planned to be started in early May 2005, with the humanities block which consists of four classrooms, a humanities office and a storeroom being demolished in the school Easter break in March 2006 to make way for the future development to accommodate the extra students.

In early 1968, their debut album Heavy was released after signing a deal with ATCO, an Atlantic Records subsidiary.

Under Harry Maloney's directive in the mid 1980's through to the early 1990's, Paul Ward acted as Technical Manager, Mandie Emmings Bookings / Studio Manager, Steve Groom house maintenance and gardens, and Gordon Bonnar ( formerly of the band ' Heavy Pettin ') inhouse recording engineer.

The New Wave of British Heavy Metal, or NWOBHM, was a heavy metal movement that started in the late 1970s, in Britain, and achieved international attention by the early 1980s.

The widespread popularity of the Internet in the late 1990s / early 2000s helped the New Wave of British Heavy Metal fans to communicate again and some NWOBHM bands experienced a minor revival.

The extended play consisted entirely of covers of late -' 70s and early -' 80s New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands and hardcore punk music rehearsed in Lars Ulrich's garage and later recorded in a new studio the band had constructed.

Heavy leather sandals as well as Roman-type sandal boots were also typical of the early Muslim soldiers.

* Pop rock gains popularity in the early 80s, Heavy metal music in the middle 80s and rap in the late 80s.

In the U. S. The Ape was serialised in Heavy Metal in the early 1980s and Manara received some exposure through collaborations with Neil Gaiman and other artists.

Heavy Metal music in Thailand was very popular in early 90s '. many band in this era play Heavy Metal such like H-Rock, Stone Metal Fire, I-Scream, Uranium, Big Gun

This fashion was particularly popular with followers of the NWOBHM ( New Wave of British Heavy Metal ) movement in the early 1980s, and sparked a revival for metal in this era.

Themes in the United States that have become associated with a sport include Johnny Pearson's " Heavy Action " ( used for many years as an intro to Monday Night Football ), " Roundball Rock " ( composed by John Tesh as the theme for the NBA on NBC during the 1990s and early 2000s ), " Bugler's Dream " ( used in ABC and NBC's coverage of the Olympics ) and the theme to ESPN's nightly sports highlight show, SportsCenter.

An edition documenting the burgeoning New Wave of British Heavy Metal ( NWOBHM ) scene included an early TV appearance of Iron Maiden performing at The Marquee Club and interviews with " air guitarists ".

As one of the notable bands of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene, they started out with the name Warrior and morphed into Battleaxe sometime in early 1980.

Heavy boned, slow to mature, and extremely hardy, the creature became a symbol of the region, but was allowed to die out in the early 1960s at Bothel.

In early 1987, Subaru launched the Justy in Tokyo with an electronically controlled continuously variable transmission ( ECVT ) developed by Fuji Heavy Industries, which owns Subaru.

Organist Virgil Fox helped bring Rodgers organs into the limelight in the late 1960s and early 1970s when he used a Rodgers Touring Organ, built in 1966 and known as " Black Beauty ," for his " Heavy Organ " concerts, including a 1970 all Bach performance that included a light show at the Fillmore East Auditorium in New York.

Popularized by bikers to secure their wallets while riding a motorcycle, smaller chained wallets became popular in 1970s-80s Punk fashion and in the early 1990s with the grunge fashion movement as well as Heavy metal fashion.