According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), floods caused by recent rains have severely affected various parts of the country, including the Baardheere area in Jubaland.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/visiting-jubaland-new-united-nations-special-representative-reaffirms-world-bodys-commitment-and-support/

Across the state on Saturday, Californians contended with drenching rains and rising water levels in the atmospheric river’s aftermath.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/u-s-news/2023/03/storm-breaches-california-rivers-levee-hundreds-evacuate/

A forestry student, he worries about the future: "As summers get hotter and it rains less and less, fires move closer to communities and cities.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-firefighters-hellish-canada-wildfires.html

After all the warnings about El Niño upon us, rains during the onset of a rainy season should be more than welcome.

Source: https://opinion.inquirer.net/165288/diy-do-it-yourself

After rains, trash flushes from far inland to beaches and ocean.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/01/18/after-rains-trash-flushes-from-far-inland-to-beaches-and-ocean-whats-being-done-to-stop-it/

Again, it’s all thanks to the big rains, I’m guessing.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/02/09/commentary-shes-rejoicing-about-narcissus-and-greenery-and-hoping-for-wildflowers/

Also, when it rains the potholes fill with water so you can't tell where the potholes are.

Source: https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/villagers-say-road-riddled-potholes-28312461

Although the brook wasn’t cold enough to suggest a spring-fed source, its waters were slightly cool from recent rains.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/11/07/bdn-maine/finding-sibley-pond/

A MAJOR bridge in Mid Wales is still closed after heavy rains and flooding over the Christmas period, while other roads remain affected.

Source: https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/24011385.powys-dyfi-bridge-closed-heavy-rains-county/?ref=rss

Amy Chester, managing director of Rebuild By Design, said recent heavy rains that caused massive flooding in New York City did not cause similar chaos in Hoboken, due in part to the resiliency work.

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/nation/story/2023-10-24/born-after-superstorm-sandys-destruction-2-big-flood-control-projects-get-underway-in-new-jersey

An aerial photo of work being carried out on the train line at Otford following a land slip after heavy rains in April last year.

Source: https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8204196/new-report-confirms-what-weve-long-known-our-train-network-is-in-trouble/?src=rss

An aerial view shows flooded fields following heavy rains in Baidoa, Somalia, November 16, 2023.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1866145/death-toll-from-flooding-in-somalia-climbs-to-nearly-100

An almost constant spell of summer rains in April kept PuneтАЩs temperature below the 40-degree mark for the most part of the month.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/cyclone-mocha-pune-temperature-40-degree-celsius-8602715/

“And when the rains come, …

Source: https://www.mw/young-mothers-in-malawi-find-a-space-safe-from-tropical-storm-freddys-catastrophic-consequences/

And with what we have noticed, we are waiting for the rains to cease so that we could return to the site to get it fix, despite that the shale materials we found was not captured in the Bill of Engineering Measurement and Evaluation (BEME).”

Source: https://crossriverwatch.com/2023/12/firm-denies-receiving-n42bn-for-calabar-odukpani-dual-carriageway-says-state-still-owes-them/

Animal owners should reduce potential mosquito breeding sites on their property by eliminating standing water from containers such as buckets, tires, and wading pools – especially after heavy rains.

Source: https://thequincysun.com/west-nile-virus-positive-mosquito-sample-detected-in-brookline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=west-nile-virus-positive-mosquito-sample-detected-in-brookline

Another atmospheric river storm is expected to bring high winds and soaking rains to San Luis Obispo County, which could result in flooding, mud slides and downed trees.

Source: https://calcoastnews.com/2023/03/another-atmospheric-river-storm-headed-to-slo-county/

Any delay in rains will be detrimental to soybean crop in the entire country.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-no-rain-in-next-15-days-to-be-detrimental-to-soybean-production

“Any time it runs off our roads when it rains into creeks and streams it can cause toxicity … at very low concentrations it actually causes coho mortality.”

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/10173723/tire-chemical-salmon-funidng-research/

A pedestrian walks past a clean-up operation in a mud-covered street, following torrential rains that brought widespread floods to the city of Hong Kong.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/best-photos-festival-animals-pope-b2408732.html