cloudburst

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cloudburst

sade, rankkasade, kaatosade, vedenpaisumus, tulva.

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Englannin sanakirja

cloudburst (englanti > suomi)

1. rankkasade

cloudburst englanniksi

1. A sudden heavy rainstorm.

2. 1899, w:Edith Wharton|Edith Wharton, "A Cup of Cold Water" in The Greater Inclination:

But the sound . . . expressed an utter abandonment to grief; not the cloud-burst of some passing emotion, but the slow down-pour of a whole heaven of sorrow.

3. 1908, w:Stewart Edward White|Stewart Edward White, The Riverman, ch. 38:

A cloudburst in the China Creek district followed by continued heavy rains was responsible for the increased water.

4. 1936 Aug. 17, "http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756493,00.html Miscellany," Time (retrieved 20 May 2014):

In Uniontown, Pa., John Walchesky & family rushed from their house when lightning set it afire, rushed in again when a cloudburst put out the blaze.

5. 2007 Feb. 25, w:Norman Howard|Norman Howard, "http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/books/chapters/0225-1st-norm.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0 Devotion, chapter 1" (book excerpt), New York Times (retrieved 20 May 2014):

He walked across the lawn, wet from a fleeting late-afternoon cloudburst, the first rain in a month.

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