Heavy rain can cause deadly events

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That information is great but it’s not talking about heavy rain like the two of them are experiencing outside. Then she finds a picture showing the heavy rain similar to what is happening in their town.  

“Yeti, I think I found a great article on heavy rain,” Kimmy says. “They are saying that it’s called torrential rain. I’ll read it while you are enjoying your cake.”

‘Torrential rain, or a torrential downpour, is any amount of rain that is considered especially heavy. It isn't a technical weather term as there is no formal definition of torrential rains as recognized by the National Weather Service (NWS), but NWS does define heavy rainfall as rain that accumulates at a rate of 3 tenths of an inch (0.3 inches), or more, per hour. 

Heavy rain can trigger any one or more of the following deadly events:

Runoff: If heavy rains arrive more quickly than the ground can absorb water, you get runoff—stormwater that "runs off" the land instead of seeping into the ground. Runoff can carry pollutants (like pesticides, oil, and yard waste) into nearby creeks, rivers, and lakes.

Flooding: If enough rain falls into rivers and other bodies of water it can cause their water levels to rise and overflow onto normally dry land.

Mudslides: If rain is record-breaking (typically more rain in a few days than is normal over a month or year) the ground and soil can liquify and carry unsecured objects, people, and even buildings away in debris flows. This is exacerbated along hillsides and slopes since the ground there is more easily eroded away. Here in the U.S., mudslides are common in Southern California. They're also common in Europe and Asia, especially India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan where they often lead to death tolls in the thousands.’ (Source) 

Well that frightened Kimmy a bit reading what can happen with heavy rain. She decides that she has read enough of that information. Then she sees an article about the smell of rain. She asks Yeti if he ever noticed how refreshing it was after a rain and how it smelled so good. She begins to read the article.

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