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  2. The Rainy Spell - Wikipedia

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    rainy season), name translated as "The Rainy Spell", is a Korean short story written by Yun Heunggil and published in 1973. The story, set in the midst of the on-going Korean War , is considered to be one of the writer’s major works.

  3. Petrichor - Wikipedia

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    Soil and water being splashed by a raindrop. Petrichor (/ ˈ p ɛ t r ɪ k ɔːr / PET-ri-kor) [1] is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.The word was coined by Richard Grenfell Thomas from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock' or πέτρος (pétros) 'stone' and ἰχώρ (ikhṓr), the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology.

  4. List of compositions by Tōru Takemitsu - Wikipedia

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    Rain Spell: for flute (also alto flute), clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone: Chamber music: 1982: クロス・ハッチ: Cross Hatch: for marimba and vibraphone (or 2 keyboard instruments) Chamber music: 1983: ラスト・ワルツ: The Last Waltz: for guitar: arrangement Chamber music: 1983: 十一月の霧と菊の彼方から

  5. Monsoon rain flooding in Afghanistan kills 30 people - official

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    At least 30 people have been killed in Afghanistan after floods caused by a heavy monsoon rain spell washed away homes, a disaster ministry official said on Sunday. Mohammad Shafi Rahimi, the ...

  6. As Northeast wildfires keep igniting, is there a drought ...

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    Adam Douty, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, says some of the hardest hit areas could require 7 inches or more of rain to end the dry spell. No such weather pattern is in sight, he said.

  7. Rainmaking (ritual) - Wikipedia

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    A rain dance being performed in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia Rain dance, ca. 1920 (from the Potawatomi agency, presumably Prairie Band Potawatomi people) Rainmaking is a weather modification ritual that attempts to invoke rain. It is based on the belief that humans can influence nature, spirits, or the ancestors who withhold or bring rain. [1]

  8. Kuraokami - Wikipedia

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    The name Kuraokami combines kura 闇 "dark; darkness; closed" and okami 龗 "dragon tutelary of water". This uncommon kanji (o)kami or rei 龗, borrowed from the Chinese character ling 龗 "rain-dragon; mysterious" (written with the "rain" radical 雨, 3 口 "mouths", and a phonetic of long 龍 "dragon") is a variant Chinese character for Japanese rei < Chinese ling 靈 "rain-prayer ...

  9. Fifty dead in heavy rain, floods in central Afghanistan ... - AOL

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    KABUL (Reuters) -At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday. Mawlawi Abdul Hai Zaeem, the head of the ...