The lakes are thought to have formed as a result of " cataclysmic rainfall " similar to present-day monsoon rains and most probably lasted for only a few years.

The typhoon rains made direct visual observations of the eruption impossible, but measurements showed that ash was ejected to heights of by the most violent phase of the eruption, which lasted about three hours.

A welcoming sight in TunisiaThat year, intensive rains that lasted for 22 days inundated the troglodyte homes and caused many of them to collapse.

It rains an average of 80 days a year, for a total of 693. 4 mm a year.

It rains on less than 60 days per year ( an average of 59. 7 days ) and the amount of precipitation is very unequal in the different seasons.

In February, the month with the most rain, it rains 7. 1 days, but with only 88. 3 millimetres of rain, while in October there are 5. 9 days of rain.

Occasionally, Murcia has heavy rains where the precipitation for the entire year will fall over the course of a few days.

* In late August 2005, heavy rains raised the level by more than 70 cm in a few days.

It rains on fewer days in every month throughout the year than the rest of the UK, and rainfall totals are less in every month, with the driest month of July averaging.

The rains came just 12 days after a storm had dumped up to of rain in the region, setting off an outbreak of flash floods in neighboring communities to the west of town.

Adding insult to injury two days later on May 15 heavy rains once again caused severe flash flooding to Novinger ’ s low-lying areas, including once again the Novinger Community Center and log homestead -— both of which had only recently been repaired from damage suffered in the June 2008 flood.

In 1987, torrential rains over a period of several days caused Hay Creek to flood Pennsylvania Route 82, which ran through the borough, and washed out several bridges.

On June 9, 2008, Lake Delton, the approximately dammed artificial lake adjacent to the village, overflowed its banks washing away four homes and a portion of Old Newport Road ( County Highway " A ") while nearly emptying the lake basin into the Wisconsin River following several days of torrential rains.

Here winters are cool to cold and a few days of snow are not unusual ; summers are mild to hot and rains at about 500 mm average and slightly more evenly distributed through the year than in the previous mentioned areas.

The name of Swithun is best-known today for a British weather lore proverb, which says that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15 July, it will rain for 40 days.

Over the following two days the Ottomans were followed by Aylmer's force but heavy rains made the roads virtually impassable.

It rains on an average of 170 days per year but half the rainfall pours down on only 15 of these days.

The abundant winter rains cause rock and mudslides that can cut off portions of Highway 1 for days or weeks, but the road is usually quickly repaired.

The hunter said that until ten days prior to the interview, the cat's skeleton was still where he had left it, but the recent rains had washed it away.

This sooty grime stayed there until a few days later when the first rains came.

If this low-pressure area moves back toward the southeast, the mistral will quickly clear the air and the good weather will return ; but if the cold-weather front continues to approach the land, bad weather will continue for several days in the entire Mediterranean basin, sometimes transforming into what French meteorologists call an épisode cévenol, a succession of torrential rains and floods, particularly in the areas west of the Rhone Valley: the Ardèche, the Gard, Hérault and Lozère.

It rains for 2 more days.

Because there was virtually no hydraulic project in those days, the lake flooded after heavy rains, and dried up during long droughts.

* 26 July – Mumbai and the Mumbai Conurbation area is submerged in 5 – 7 ft. of water due to heavy rains, making nearby dams release water causing a massive flood, which virtually stops the financial capital of India for 4 – 5 days.

Laval has a cool oceanic climate, and it rains all year, with 155 rainy days per year.

During the monsoon there are frequent heavy rains and thunderstorms but flooding is not a common occurrence.

monsoonal rains ( June to November ); flooding ; occasional droughts

On December 20, 2011, the heaviest rains in 57 years resulted in unprecedented flooding that devastated many areas of the city.

Rare winter rains can cause extremely slippery road surfaces or localized flooding.

In recent years there has been a marked increase in the frequency of high winds, heavy rains, summer droughts and flooding both from heavy rain and from high seas.

Significant failure of monsoon rains historically meant drought and famine while above-normal rains still cause flooding and landslides with losses in human lives, farmland and buildings.

Pakistan is subject to frequent earthquakes which are often severe ( especially in north and west ) and severe flooding along the Indus after heavy rains ( July and August ).

* February 9 – Torrential rains in Africa lead to the worst flooding in Mozambique in 50 years, which lasts until March and kills 800 people.

Torrential rains in mid summer cause massive flooding of farmland and villages ( by some accounts submerged in a meter of water ).

Later themes which endure to the present include the experiences of war, of droughts and flooding rains, of Aboriginality and of the railways and trucking routes which link Australia's vast distances.

The winter rains tend to fall in brief, torrential downpours, flooding the shallow wadis that are dry the rest of the year and impeding transportation.

Throughout this period, heavy rains and flooding accelerated the filling of the reservoir as the water rose 100 meters ( 330 ft ) and reached the gates of the spillway at 10 a. m. on October 27.

The rains caused widespread flooding and washed out highways and railroads.

When heavy rains occurred in the area, the park was prone to flooding.

But in June 2008 a series of heavy rains led to flooding of the Chariton, and more significantly, left flash flood waters of Spring Creek and Davis Creek to back up from the river into Novinger.

In the summer, the monsoon can reach the area, bringing heavy rains, and thunderstorms ( like July 3, 2011, when flooding occured, shutting down traffic lights ).

The rains that caused the Willamette Valley Flood of 1996 flooded Vernonia as well ; some homes in the floodplain were elevated, and some flooring materials were replaced, mitigating some damage from later flooding.

Fayette City's low elevation and location along the Monongahela River make is susceptible to flooding after heavy rains.

On September 8, 2011, the Susquehanna River, spurred by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Lee, crested at a record, overflowing its banks, and flooding more than a quarter of the town.

Due to heavy rains and a burst in the village water reservoir there was a flood which ruined the brand new Keshequa Central School Middle School Gymnasium that had been completed 1 month before the flooding occurred.

However, when warmer waters from the north, such as the current of El Niño, bring catastrophic rains to the coast and sea, the shoals of anchoveta disappear, leaving the fishing fleets plants paralyzed, and flooding rivers cause serious damage to the lands and cities.

The rains caused widespread flooding over a period of several weeks ; nearly every river basin in the eastern part of the state exceeded 500-year flood levels.

Run-off waters after heavy rains can provoke flooding in low-lying areas and the erosion of the mountains enlarges the coastal plains of the province.