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Glossary Term of the Week

Cloudburst

(Also called rain gush, rain gust.) In popular terminology, any sudden and heavy fall of rain, almost always of the shower type.

An unofficial criterion sometimes used specifies a rate of fall equal to or greater than 100 mm (3.94 inches) per hour.

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