Cloudburst

"Isn't that pretty nearly what people call a cloudburst, uncle Phaeton?" asked Bruno, curiously watching that receding mass of what from their present standpoint looked like vapour. ❋ Unknown (1898)

The cloudburst is a localised weather phenomena representing highly concentrated rainfall over ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some shops opened for the first time since the "cloudburst" struck in the middle of the night. ❋ Unknown (2010)

New York can expect a cloudburst of wedding confetti come July 24, Sears says. ❋ Unknown (2011)

An ecstatic Rover does a cute solo to the tune of “Singing in the Rain” when a cloudburst brings a storm of rocks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Channi Anand/Associated Press A car lies covered with rubble from a landslide after a cloudburst in Doda district, about 140 kilometers 88 miles from Jammu, India on Thursday. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And wouldn't it a-ben a hundred thousand if that cloudburst hadn't busted my wing-dam? ❋ Unknown (2010)

News of the Tendulkar shaped void at the heart of the evening spread like a sudden autumn cloudburst, much to the disappointment of the platoons of Indian television crews, who had spent the early evening rattling about the carpeted halls in a state of unfulfilled pre-Sachin anxiety. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Flooding that has unfolded since late November across the waterlogged state of Queensland turned suddenly violent Monday, with a cloudburst sending a raging torrent down the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane. ❋ By JOHN PYE (2011)

At one point, there was a cloudburst and I thought for a second there might be a trampling of bodies as people rushed to the exits, but since there seemed to be three entrances and ample space away from the floats themselves, this never happened. ❋ Mat Gleason (2011)

On board the Arangi, relieved by the lowering of her mainsail, as the fierceness went out of the wind and the cloudburst of tropic rain began to fall, Van Horn and Borckman lurched toward each other in the blackness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Her bars melt to butter covering her in a cloudburst of yellow, as she continues to lick the butter till it turns into the Sun. ❋ Juhi Kalra (2011)

Like a gathering storm, a cloudburst of cultural rebellion is mounting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

SRINAGAR, India — A cloudburst followed by flash floods hit a Himalayan desert region in Indian-controlled Kashmir, sending rivers of mud down mountainsides and killing at least 112 people and injuring another 400, officials said Saturday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Earlier this month, flash floods triggered by a cloudburst killed at least 175 people in the remote and mountainous Ladakh region of the Indian portion of Kashmir. ❋ By BISWAJEET BANERJEE (2010)

Reminds me of San Juan Cosala too - much the same thing - a cloudburst over land already saturated from the summer rains. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"What are you doing, man?" "[STFU], I'm [cloudbursting]." "You see that [cloud]?" "Yeah..?" "I JUST FUCKING CLOUDBURSTED THAT." ❋ Shellybug (2010)

"He's so good [in bed]; I [cloudburst] 3 times." "She [went down on me] and I cloudburst." ❋ Claudhop (2013)

[farting] [gratification] cloudbursting ❋ Lennis (2010)