Juan Guaido

I was 15 when Hugo Chavez came to power in 1998. At the time, I lived in Vargas State, which borders the Caribbean. In 1999, torrential rains caused flash floods that left thousands of people dead. I lost several friends, and my school was buried in the mudslide. The importance of resilience has been etched into my soul ever since.

Venezuelan Politician

Cornelia Parker

I was involved in a serious accident driving in torrential rain at midnight in Cardiff. I was only doing five miles an hour, but because I couldn't see very well, I crossed a junction and collided with another car that was driving very fast. I ended up in hospital for six weeks with a shattered pelvis.

English Artist

Sarah Hall

My favourite pool is located in a remote valley in the eastern Lake District, surrounded by vine-hung cliffs and slippery boulders. It has a torrential sheet waterfall at one end and is almost black in colour, so it appears bottomless, a portal to nowhere.

English Writer

Nick Davies

The effect of climate change is not simply to reduce rain during the summer months, but also to increase the number of torrential storms. When the rain falls that hard and fast, it cannot sink into the ground and go down to the aquifers.

British Journalist

Eugenio Montale

Today not even a universal fire could make the torrential poetic production of our time disappear. But it is exactly a question of production, that is, of hand-made products which are subject to the laws of taste and fashion.

Italian Poet

Elaine Welteroth

The life of an editor may seem all glam all the time, but there's nothing like schlepping through the city during a torrential downpour to put things in perspective.

American Journalist

Matthew Heineman

We mainly shot 'Cartel Land' with the Canon C300. The camera was dropped, smashed, hit by guns, in dust storms, torrential rain, and it never, ever failed.

Algerian Director

Valerie Jarrett

If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.

American Lawyer

Used to describe especially severe weather conditions, implying potential damage.

Severe Weather

Often describes sudden and unexpected heavy rain that starts quickly.

Unexpected Onset

Can indicate a short but intense period of rainfall.

Short Duration

Conveys the violent, powerful nature of water or other phenomena.

Powerful Nature

Can signal sudden danger or the need for immediate response.

Sudden Danger

Suggests the potential to disrupt activities or transport.

Disruption Expected

 torrential storm and nearly blew all of our tents over to be honest and wow it was incredible so I do believe the rains are very much on their way now and this season is started to change luckily we were all tucked up inside together

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 weekend and that will make things probably a lot drier which is good for us but their problem with heaters it often brings about a lot more sort of torrential downpours in terms of rain and so you know I'm hoping that we don't

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 ambushed and destroyed three legions. Proceeding along a narrow path, the legions were attacked from forest cover under torrential rain with their escape blocked. It was one of the worst defeats the Romans ever suffered

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 It became an obsession of mine beyond the passion, obsession. I'd pack up my bags, and I would go, and I would live down in Cape Town, South Africa, the bottom of Africa. And during the most torrential storms

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 following year in Venezuela torrential rains triggered widespread landslides across a twenty five mile wide strip of coastline in the state of Vargas communities were buried under waves of mud and debris

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 What is happening here that is different? The forest emits smells, and these smells are condensation nuclei, which form drops in the atmosphere. Then, clouds are formed and there is torrential rain.

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 during Panama’s dry season, his workers were unprepared for torrential storms, venomous jungle fauna, and tropical diseases.

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 here it's called the monsoon season these torrential downpours can dump several centimeters of rain in just a

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 torrential rains batter the forest for months on end

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