The hikers were caught in a very heavy cloudburst. From LearnThat.org.
The cloudburst is a localised weather phenomena representing highly concentrated rainfall over. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
Some shops opened for the first time since the "cloudburst" struck in the middle of the night. From Wordnik.com. [Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News] Reference
Elim where 96mm fell on Friday during a cloudburst. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Maybe a cloudburst, heavy rain right now would be. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2006] Reference
In the morning the rain fell in a sustained cloudburst. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Siege]
They were caught in the midst of a veritable cloudburst. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
A Sapa correspondent reported that the cloudburst at about. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
How heavily the rain did pour down, just like a cloudburst!. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in the Country] Reference
The flood was caused by a cloudburst in the catchment of the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
A cloudburst shortly before 2pm on Saturday sent squatters in. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"There's been a cloudburst back in the hills," declared Rhoda. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch] Reference
At one point a cloudburst completely disrupted our proceedings. From Wordnik.com. [Speech of Comrade Nelson Mandela to Soccer City Rally] Reference
With the cloudburst, the spell that held him captive had broken. From Wordnik.com. [Conan of Cimmeria]
Like a sudden cloudburst the dormitory had gone into a frenzy of sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness] Reference
Like a gathering storm, a cloudburst of cultural rebellion is mounting. From Wordnik.com. [Poetic Justice in a Pint Sized Pistol: Hissa Hillal, Live! from The Land of Invisible Women] Reference
Another few minutes and the heavy rain changed into a regular cloudburst. From Wordnik.com. [Tales From The Secret Annex]
It was a cloudburst -- a downpour such as Hiram had seldom experienced before. From Wordnik.com. [Hiram the Young Farmer] Reference
The whole land seemed to have become saturated and overflowed by the cloudburst. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch] Reference
Must have been a cloudburst, as they call it out in the Rockies, Mr. Mabie says. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Chums After Big Game Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness] Reference
For the first time that week, there was no cloudburst, and the air was stifling. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Loner]
The cockatoos howled away in a black cloudburst that disappeared over the ridge. From Wordnik.com. [The Lighthouse] Reference
The cloudburst had come to an end, but rainwater still drizzled off the structure. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
But this evening, the thought of the approaching cloudburst made her feel anxious. From Wordnik.com. [Death Blow]
A cloudburst on the Springbok Flats near Roedtan flooded roads and fields on Friday. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Somewhere up the valley there had been a cloudburst, for overhead the sun was bright. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
The threatening cloudburst kept customers away; the inn's long main room stayed empty. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
The rest of his statement was swallowed up in a sudden cloudburst of gamma-ray sparks. From Wordnik.com. [Angelmass]
Now, being kept standing out in that cloudburst on a husband's orders, I felt no qualms. From Wordnik.com. [Murder By The Book]
"They came without warning and all at once, like a summer cloudburst," the Hungarian said. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Nobody got any sleep that night, of course, and when we came to Nandi it was in a cloudburst. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow and the Rose]
Braamfonteinspruit and the Sandspruit, were "full but not troublesome" during the cloudburst. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
For over three hours then the storm had raged, the rain falling with the force of a cloudburst. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Minds Her Business] Reference
"Has the cloudburst arrived?" demanded Bob, who was already ten feet from the floor of the canyon. From Wordnik.com. [The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain] Reference
Just after 7 pm, Barack Obama and Joe Biden took the stage just minutes ahead of a second cloudburst. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Tucker: Obama, Biden Storm Into Battleground Virginia] Reference
It seemed to Nan impossible after the recent cloudburst that the fire could find anything to feed upon. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
A cloudburst in the mountain beyond had sent the water roaring and tumbling down the bed of the stream. From Wordnik.com. [The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure] Reference
In order to get to it, we had to cross a wooded ravine, very steep and torn out by a recent cloudburst. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Tenderfoot] Reference
All I hope is that we don't happen to be in the old canyon when that cloudburst you mentioned comes along. From Wordnik.com. [The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain] Reference
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