But the power failure in Queens was the combined effect of a prolonged heat wave, intense rains and a tornado.

Friday bought more wet weather, with intense rain in parts.

Typhoons cause the many of the intense rains seen within the country.

The area experiences intense rain and occasional snow in the winter months.

With the darkness of the night and the intense rain, chaos reigned.

Although Nevada is extremely dry, intense rains can produce torrents of water and debris.

The localised flood was due to the intense rain.

The rain, so intense for a few minutes, had eased to something that only a generous meteorologist would call a drizzle.

Spring produces more intense and violent rains, but these are of shorter duration than during the winter.

The apparition wept, and the rain, now more intense, kissed and watered it.