Torrential means heavy, forceful, or intense, usually referring to rain or any kind of downpour that is very strong and bountiful.
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Hundreds of people had their homes damaged in
torrential rains in April, July and August 2007, during which sewer lines were overwhelmed and sewage poured into houses throughout the borough.
The stars of the films have got used to squelching up the red carpet after being caught in a succession of
torrential downpours before premieres in London's Leicester Square and tomorrow's event for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part Two does not look like it will be any different.
But in several other towns in the Lone Star State doused by days
of torrential rains since Harvey smashed into the US Gulf Coast almost a week ago as a Category Four hurricane, the situation was dire.
Fast to put on and keeps baby dry even
in torrential downpour (test when got off bus in so much rain it was hard to see).
He woke up to find the wipers on full speed and Philip grappling
with torrential rains of a tropical thunderstorm.
For example, in Peru in the 1500s, periodic warming near the equator seem to affect the size of fishermens» catch; and those warmings also seemed to coincide with
torrential rainfalls in northern Peru.
But scientists agree that climate change will up the ante considerably by bringing more extreme weather gyrations — searing drought one year, followed by
torrential storms that can wash away cracked soil and destroy crops rather than quench their thirst.
July in Edinburgh, and residents are cleaning up after
after torrential rain turned roads into rivers and fields into swimming pools (see fo
Everything
from torrential downpours to blizzards to hurricanes will affect your employees» productivity, especially if they travel often or work outdoors.
Heavy rainfall brought
torrential floods to the capital city of Tbilisi, Georgia as the Vere River overflowed its banks in June.
Orangutans are well known for using sticks as tools, but they hardly stop there;
during torrential rain storms they'll also use large rainforest leaves as makeshift umbrellas or hats.
«Darling» may be as British
as torrential rain on a summer's day, but it seems that a «g» got lost somewhere on its journey across the pond.
After being blamed
for torrential rains from Japan to the Mississippi, as well as last year's drought in southern Africa, it has turned New South Wales into a tinderbox and is intensifying the worst drought northeast Brazil has suffered this century.
The weather was spring - like until Saturday night, when tornadoes tore through North Texas,
bringing torrential downpours, hail, and snow in their wake.
We were in a surprisingly pastoral section of New Jersey
when torrential downpours hit.
Through it, races evolve, with partially cloudy days turning
into torrential rain storms, and rainy days eventually clearing to reveal a bit of sun above a soaked track and its surrounding geography.
They had plenty of hard days too, biking
through torrential rainstorms and scorching southwestern temperatures, but it was nothing they couldn't handle.
For the first time, homeowners can purchase extra «overland water protection» to guard against damage caused by accumulation or run - off of surface waters,
including torrential rainfall when water enters the property.
I have no outer wear for this type of
torrential down pours that we've been having here in San Diego.
Included therein: talking cats, a ghost in the guise of Colonel Sanders,
torrential showers of fish and leeches — and a pair of unlikely protagonists (a 15 - year - old runaway and an elderly man who can communicate with cats).
Unfortunately, gravel laid down in
torrential flows is about the worst sort of deposit to search for traces of ancient life.
Hundreds more, including more than a dozen MPs and deputy leader Tom Watson,
braved torrential rain yesterday.
Despite torrential downpours on Monday and Tuesday, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said all roads in the southtowns were opened on Wednesday.
We did see it as the first of a triplet of films, just
before torrential rains hit New York and we tripled over in pain.
Many people are very worried, even scared, about abrupt climate change causing extreme weather events
like torrential rains with floods, droughts, high winds, etc. increasing in severity, duration, frequency and impact.
Each January, Los Angeles
endures torrential rains that cleanse its concrete riverbeds of graffiti and force Hollywood to move its operations indoors while anticipating a return to business as usual.
Other recent studies by the same group found that climate change
made torrential rains unleashed on south Louisiana in August
Tracing the route of Polish author Kapuściński, whose book Another Day of Life describes the conquest of Angolan independence, Matteo arrived in the Cunene region
where torrential rainfall is recovering the flora of the region after more than a year of drought.
Social media provides
torrential amounts of evidence potentially relevant to litigation matters, with courts routinely facing proffers of data preserved from various social media websites.
WATERPROOF EEZ - Y Compact Travel Umbrella is made out of a Super Water Repellent 210T Fabric that ensures great protection and dryness even in the most
torrential summer rains.
A lot of what the report covers is familiar, if grim, to people who haven't had their fingers in their ears for the past few years; ocean levels are rising, the water in those oceans is becoming more acidic, weather patterns are changing, we can expect
more torrential rains in some locations and drought in others, and on and on.
When we were in Seville it rained the whole time with
torrential winds so I didn't get any good exterior shots.
Vancouver has unpredictable weather, you can either
get torrential downpour for days and days or you can be blessed with the warmest weather and glorious sunshine.
The RUB47 in red can withstand even the
hardest torrential downpour, made ready to deal with all of the elements, making you love the rain.
But the 39 - year - old farmer's hopes were destroyed last month by
torrential spring rains and [continue reading...]
The exhibition, a version of one seen last fall at the RISD Museum in Providence, feels like the opening of a safety valve; ideas that have been bubbling up over the past decade or so, about outsider art and artist collectives and newly canonized figures like Mike Kelley and Ken Price, are released in one
torrential stream.
Light drizzle
became torrential rain and mild winds turned into violent gusts of up to 60 knots.
A debut of enormous craft, surety and resourcefulness — a superlative, soul - baring non-fiction work that will
generate torrential word - of - mouth among auds lucky enough to catch it.
The Acer Leap Ware has an IPX7 water resistance rating and can survive an
unexpected torrential downpour.
Orbital was attached to an enormous billboard and seen by many people whilst
withstanding torrential rain and strong winds.
Rain in the desert is infrequent but when it falls it's
generally torrential — several inches at once - and highly localized, meaning it may only be precipitating in a relatively small area.
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