Recent heavy rain had saturated the soil in the cutting causing it to slip, covering the line on which the train was travelling.

But some analysts said that if more rain saturates the soil, planting could be delayed and prices could rise.

Play throughout the first Test match was limited to only eight hours, after heavy rain had saturated the outfield.

The week before, a soaking rain had already saturated the ground and heavy lumbering aggravated the speed of the water rushing through the gorge.

The heavy rains saturated the ground and raised river levels throughout January 1996.

The rain had already saturated the rocky ground, which had been damp before the storm.

So even though rain saturated the city every day, people were trying to rebuild their houses.

The rain had been pouring into holes made by gophers and saturated the earth.

The rain also saturated hundreds of lakes in the Adirondack mountains.

When rain saturated the ground, subsurface drainage would carry those juices steadily downslope, until they seeped into Naomi's grave 'let mingled with her remains.