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raining like water flows from a filled koka (koka: 'water measuring tableware, jar') German: es regnet junge Hunde: raining young dogs es schüttet wie aus Eimern: raining like poured from buckets es regnet Bindfäden: raining strings Greek: βρέχει καρεκλοπόδαρα. vréchei kareklopódara. raining chair legs Hebrew: גשם ...
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Standard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rain gauge. A rain gauge (also known as udometer, pluviometer, ombrometer, and hyetometer) is an instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation in a predefined area, over a set period of time. [1]
The United Arab Emirates witnessed the heaviest rainfall in 75 years this week, triggering massive flooding that swept away cars, caused flights to be canceled and left multiple people dead.
Wandjina at Mt Elizabeth Station Wandjina rock art on the Barnett River, Mount Elizabeth Station. The broad-stroke artwork of the Wandjina rock art dates to around 3800–4000 years ago. The emergence of this art style follows the end of a millennium-long drought that gave way to a wetter climate characterised by regular monsoons. [7]
The Gulf Stream is an 1899 oil painting by the American artist Winslow Homer. [1] It shows a man in a small dismasted rudderless fishing boat struggling against the storm-tossed waves and perils of the sea, presumably near the Gulf Stream, and was the artist's statement on a theme that had interested him for more than a decade.
Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit (Japanese: 山下白雨, Hepburn: Sanka hakuu), also known as Rainstorm Beneath the Summit, or sometimes Black Fuji (黒富士 Kurofuji) is a woodcut print by the Japanese ukiyo-e master Hokusai (1760–1849).
The first example of the term being used was by the Yomiuri Shimbun in August 1969. It carries the same meaning as the term cloudburst (集中豪雨, shūchū gō'u), but is differentiated by the added feature of being difficult to forecast, hence the reference to the aspect of ambush associated with the term guerrilla warfare.