Sentence examples for heavy rainstorms from inspiring English sources

Traditional forms of house construction provided good protection against heavy rainstorms.

The weather service in nearby Lanzhou, the provincial capital, also warned of extremely heavy rainstorms on Monday.

Preceded by large black clouds, the heavy rainstorms often include gusty winds and much lightning and thunder.

As a result, more untreated sewage would spill into the Hudson River during heavy rainstorms than already does.

In January, after a series of heavy rainstorms, water managers activated the Sacramento Weir, filling the Yolo Bypass.

"As you may remember," Mr. La Selva wrote, "we had to cancel a number of performances in recent summers due to heavy rainstorms.

Officials were still investigating the precise cause of the power surge, but they thought the heavy rainstorms early Monday morning could be a possible culprit.

After heavy rainstorms, water began seeping underneath the levee, gurgling out in little fountains, known as boils, on the other side.

They are eroded by water but normally dry; only after heavy rainstorms in the Red Sea Hills do they carry torrents.

Precipitation on Niue averages about 80 inches (2,000 mm) annually and falls mostly during heavy rainstorms (sometimes including tropical cyclones) from December to March.

But experts on extreme storms have focused more closely on the increasing numbers of super-heavy rainstorms, not snow, Nasa climate scientist Gavin Schmidt said.