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- noun Plural form of
rainfall .
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Examples
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Did the month of October have 13% too much rain compared to rainfalls from the 70's?
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Saturday and resulted in rainfalls ranging from 1.5 inches to 3.5 inches.
USATODAY.com - Storms create heavy lifting for Hazeltine's crews 2002
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While the sensors giving depth measurements at two points on the river every 15 minutes might not prevent the volume of water flowing downstream, the project manager said real-time updates could help with making decisions in the aftermath of the kind of rainfalls which led to devastation in Cork and other parts of the country in the past week.
ENN.ie 2009
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Saturday was simply misty but yesterday we had two or three serious rainfalls.
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"We'll need quite a bit more rainfalls to bring lake levels back up."
Parched Texas Towns Look for Water Sources Nathan Koppel 2012
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But massive deforestation and other factors have led to decreasing rainfalls and the drying up of rivers and lakes, making hydroelectric power less of an option.
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But massive deforestation and other factors have led to decreasing rainfalls and the drying up of rivers and lakes, making hydroelectric power less of an option.
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At least 67 people are dead or missing from the landslides and flashfloods caused by the heaviest rainfalls in a century to hit the Seoul region.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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It further highlights the global changes of precipitation under climate change, but neglects the uncertainties regarding future rainfalls on the local level, which are much more relevant for hydropower projects.
Peter Bosshard: Don't Sacrifice the Planet's Arteries to Save Her Lungs Peter Bosshard 2011
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Many areas around Tohoku, located on northern Honshu, are believed to have had their highest ever rainfalls for May.
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