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  2. 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]

  3. Flood-hit homeowners pray for rain to stay away - AOL

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    Muddy flood water has flowed into Mallard Close in Madeley, Staffordshire, during heavy rain over the past year, leaving behind smelly sludge and debris. Pete Landon, 84, said the persistent ...

  4. Being kind to strangers is good for you. Why it's healthy to ...

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    Feeling like your kindness is being taken advantage of, or doing too much for other people and neglecting your own needs, may “lead to burnout or resentment,” Rachel Marmor, a licensed mental ...

  5. PM says six months of rain fell in five days as floods wreak ...

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    The floods have caused extensive damage to roads and other infrastructure, with repair costs estimated at £177m. ... People use a boat through a flooded street during heavy rain in Pasir Puteh ...

  6. Parable of the drowning man - Wikipedia

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    Two boats and a helicopter, the instruments of rescue most frequently cited in the parable, during a coastguard rescue demonstration. The parable of the drowning man, also known as Two Boats and a Helicopter, is a short story, often told as a joke, most often about a devoutly Christian man, frequently a minister, who refuses several rescue attempts in the face of approaching floodwaters, each ...

  7. Training (meteorology) - Wikipedia

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    A series of storms continually moving over the same area, dumping heavy rains, can cause flash flooding. [1] Each storm usually produces heavy rain, and after a significant amount of rain falls from the storms which have moved over the same area, flooding occurs.

  8. Severe weather - Wikipedia

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    Nor'easters may cause coastal flooding, coastal erosion, heavy rain or snow, and hurricane-force winds. The precipitation pattern of Nor'easters is similar to other mature extratropical storms. Nor'easters can cause heavy rain or snow, either within their comma-head precipitation pattern or along their trailing cold or stationary front.

  9. Friday updates: Flooding in Tulare County forces some South ...

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    The vehicle was in place to potentially help rescue flood victims as the road had washed out in heavy rain and runoff. Increased river flows, some flooding 6:45 a.m.