15-03-18 A wet Sunday in a country inn! Whoever has had the luck to experience one can alone judge of my situation. The rain pattered against the casements; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of something to a...

14-12-08 As California finally experiences the arrival of a rain-bearing Pineapple Express this week, two climate scientists from the University of Minnesota and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have shown that the drought of 2012-2014 has been the worst...

14-11-05 Falling down from heaven, the dragon landed at a remote village. It wanted to find water in the villagers' houses, so as to fly to the heaven again. But he was driven out by the villagers who were beating drums and detonating firecrackers. The drago...

14-08-18 At least 160 people are reported to have been killed in floods and landslides following days of torrential rain in Nepal and northern India. 尼泊尔与印度北部地区连日来遭暴雨袭击，暴雨引发的洪灾与泥石流造成至少160人死亡。 In Nepal, officials said at...

14-06-20 At least 10 people have died and several are missing after torrential rain and heavy floods hit eastern Bulgaria, officials say. 暴雨以及洪灾袭击保加利亚东部地区，至少10人死亡、多人失踪。 The Black Sea town of Varna has received the equivalent of a...

14-03-25 It's Raining Inside James Schuyler Lee Upton Not tearing the umbrellas inside out not even blowing them side to side just getting wetness wetter and then the rain dwindles but the sun has a shimmer（微光） like it's missing the rain and every once i...

14-03-15 By the end of the 21st century, some parts of the world can expect as many as 30 more days a year without precipitation（降水，沉淀） , according to a new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego researchers. Ongoing climate change...

14-01-24 There were once two crows who were fierce rivals. 从前，有两只乌鸦是无情的竞争对手。 One day, one of the crows said to the other, You realize, of course, that I can fly much higher than you can. 有一天，其中一只对另外一只说：你当然清楚，我飞得比你高...

13-12-02 Heavy rain has been battering Cuba since Friday, flooding streets and leaving at least two people dead. 古巴自上周五开始一直遭到暴雨肆虐，街上洪水泛滥，至少两人丧生。 A number of buildings have collapsed in the capital, Havana, authorities say. A 54...

13-11-29 Drivers on a rainy day regulate the speed of their windshield wipers according to rain intensity: faster in heavy rain and slower in light rain. This simple observation has inspired researchers from the University of Hanover in Germany to come up wi...