Sentence examples for violent downpours from inspiring English sources

And this week, sudden violent downpours caused piteous scenes of suffering in south India, as well.

And this week, sudden, violent downpours deluged southern India, as well.

Since the late 1990s, when the first assessments were carried out of the possible impacts of global warming on Britain specifically (as opposed to the Earth as a whole), it has been clear that the most damaging effects on these islands will very probably not be blistering droughts, but more violent downpours.

And the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management has warned that more cash still might be needed to combat surface water flooding if the UK continued to experience the sort of violent downpours which had caused havoc in recent years.

Nature broke that pact on Oct. 25 when a violent downpour unleashed unprecedented fury on the town of Vernazza and the surrounding hills here along Italy's northwestern coast, provoking dozens of landslides that swept a sludgy river of earth, trees, cars and debris onto the small seaside settlement.

In the afternoon it started raining in a sudden, violent downpour that must have been frightening for the younger children, and more people rushed in to shelter under the wide metal roof of the courtyard.

High temperatures on Friday were expected to trigger violent thunderstorms and heavy downpours.

On a route that proved the source of many aerial views of topaz seas lapping up against gleaming white cliff faces, the 188 remaining competitors were spared the downpours and violent buffeting feared by many and instead rode in glorious sunshine.

Hurricanes and heavy downpours have become more frequent and violent since the 1980s.

The remnants of a violent storm that claimed 18 lives in Oklahoma sent punishing winds and torrential downpours to northern New England and a tornado to South Carolina.

She keeps a half-dozen colorful parasols handy for protecting the most vulnerable plants from violent northeasters and has been known to bail them out in the middle of the night when a sudden downpour catches her unprepared.