Landslides and flash floods were triggered by a sudden cloudburst which left 31 people dead while 40 are reported to be missing.

A gust of wind buffeted his back and a sudden cloudburst drenched him with chilling rain.

The sudden cloudburst had faded to a drizzle, giving Marla a chance to catch her breath.

A sudden cloudburst set the taxi windscreen wipers to work.

Floods and frosts and the runoff from sudden cloudbursts had taken an awful toll.

Lying in bed beside her husband, Molly Sloan had been restless before the sudden cloudburst.

"Now what's the reason for the sudden cloudburst?"

A sudden cloudburst had drenched the desert, though, and the class was canceled.

"I heard it was a sudden cloudburst," he said.

The area quebradas are susceptible to flash flood runoff from sudden cloudbursts.