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rainstorm
/ ˈɪˌɔː /
noun
a storm with heavy rain
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rainstorm1
Example Sentences
Their car got stuck in a ditch during a relentless rainstorm and the couple was rescued by an old Italian woman and her family, whom they couldn’t understand at all.
Although this decreases the odds of a fire starting in mountain regions, rainstorms do come with the chance of flash flooding and, in areas previously burned by wildfires, a chance of mudslides.
Although operations stopped earlier this month, hauling is likely to resume after future rainstorms, the county said.
The rescue took place just before the season’s first rainstorm, which is believed to have buried the remaining trout in mud.
The brief rainstorm comes only days after state officials announced that the state’s snowpack had reached 96% of average on April 1, when the snow season typically reaches its peak.
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