It is raining, finally!!

@nela13 (58710)
Portugal
October 19, 2022 4:18am CST
My country is facing a severe drought, the river near my house is so low that, in some places, we can cross it on foot. It is sad seeing the river like this But today it is raining and it will be raining during the next days. This rain is like gold for us but we are also afraid as, after a period of drought, flooding is a real danger. How is the weather in your place? Do you have drought or flooding problems? Picture I took from my window this morning.
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@DaddyEvil (137678)
• United States
19 Oct 22
I'm glad you're getting rain now and hope you don't have floods... It was below 0C yesterday morning and is supposed to be below freezing again this morning. (It's -5C right now. And the forecast claims it might reach 11C by afternoon today. It was supposed to reach 5C yesterday afternoon but didn't make it that high.) Rain is in our forecast for today so we probably won't reach the 11C, either. Pretty and I have to get out in the cold today to pick up her meds at the pharmacy and she wants to pick up some groceries.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
19 Oct 22
Enjoy the "outing"
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
19 Oct 22
@DaddyEvil You think so?
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@DaddyEvil (137678)
• United States
19 Oct 22
@marlina You're just being mean now.
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@cacay1 (83577)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
19 Oct 22
We're facing here series of storms and floods. This evening there are areas in the city where I live flooded nonstop rain so scary. Thankful it rains there now.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
19 Oct 22
Too much rain is so scary
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@cacay1 (83577)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
20 Oct 22
@marlina that's true we're restless too.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
19 Oct 22
Droughts are awful but floods are terrible too.
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@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
19 Oct 22
I'm really glad that you guys are getting some rain.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
19 Oct 22
Me too.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
20 Oct 22
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
19 Oct 22
@dodo19 @marlina thank you, we really need this rain.
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
19 Oct 22
It is sunny today, but the rain that is today on your country will be here by Friday. I am glad we finally get rain.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
19 Oct 22
Was your country in a drought situation?
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
19 Oct 22
@nela13 The north of Switzerland not as bad as here in the south, we still are in a drought situation now.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
19 Oct 22
@LadyDuck It seems some european countries are facing drought prblemas, Spain is another one and it affects directly my country.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
19 Oct 22
I am sure everyone in your country felt happy hearing those raindrops. Here in the Caribbean we are still in the hurricane season ( till Nov. 30), so tropical storms or hurricanes could show up at anytime bringing lots of rainfall and flooding in some areas.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
19 Oct 22
Not good
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
19 Oct 22
Yes, we are all happy, this rain means a lot to us. Hurricanes can be scary, in recent years we start to have it too.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
19 Oct 22
I am glad to hear that it rain in your area. Wishing it will rain more since it will not fix the droughts in just one rain.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
19 Oct 22
True, we need much more rain to face this drought.
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@May2k8 (18389)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 22
It rains almost every day here, hopefully the water absorption works very well.
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@May2k8 (18389)
• Indonesia
21 Oct 22
@nela13 That has to be because every ten years the water absorption capacity of course decreases and must be dug up again until it gets the maximum absorption requirement.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
22 Oct 22
@May2k8 really?! I didn't know that.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
20 Oct 22
I am glad the soil absorbs the water.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
20 Oct 22
No drought problems here. Some weeks are rainy some weeks are dry. Flooding is more of a problem here
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
20 Oct 22
@nela13 No floods in my area but in some parts of my country
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
20 Oct 22
Floods are awful too, I am sorry you have that problem there.
@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
22 Oct 22
@averygirl72 we had floods this week in some parts of my country too.
@RebeccasFarm (90477)
• Arvada, Colorado
23 Oct 22
I hope it rains enough Manuela..I know what you mean it was drought this year too. We never got enough rain.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
24 Oct 22
Today it isn't raining but this weekend it rained a lot.
• United States
20 Oct 22
Hope the rain doesn't cause flooding in your area. We went all summer with very little rain but have been getting some recently. The weather is changing and we're getting colder days and nights and winter is right around the corner.
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• United States
24 Oct 22
@nela13 Glad you didn't get any flooding in your area. After a very dry summer we've finally been getting some rain. I'm just glad it isn't cold enough for it to freeze
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
25 Oct 22
@Marilynda1225 Yesterday was very cold here but today it is better.
@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
20 Oct 22
We had some floodings across the country but not in my area. It is getting cold here as well.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
30 Oct 22
I hope it'll rain more in your area. We just had a typhoon here
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
30 Oct 22
It rained for some days here, thank God. A typhoon sounds scary.
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
20 Oct 22
Glad you are finally getting some needed rain. It has been dry here too. Cold start of 28 F this morning but it got up to 60 F today.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
23 Oct 22
@CarolDM I don't mind if I don't need to go out.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
22 Oct 22
It is still raining here, and it cool down a lot.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Oct 22
@nela13 Enjoy the weather. I like rain and cool.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
19 Nov 22
It's raining here too. It makes our place a bit cool.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
23 Nov 22
We all need the rain for different reasons
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
24 Nov 22
@Nakitakona we had a severe drought in my country this year.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
24 Nov 22
@nela13 That's true. Rains have so many advantages to offer especially the farmers.
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@sickly09 (861)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 22
Drought is the worst, but flooding is also not something to be expected. Hopefully there will be no flooding there. There are a lot of floods and landslides here in several cities.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
20 Oct 22
True, both are terrible. There were some floodings across the country but not in my area.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
20 Oct 22
@sickly09 yes, it is, so many people die because of floods.
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@sickly09 (861)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 22
@nela13 Hope the flood doesn't happen there. I saw the flood news in Pakistan. That's terrible.
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@allknowing (137872)
• India
20 Oct 22
You have captured those rain drops beautifully Happy for you that you finally go rain
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
20 Oct 22
Thank you We are happy with this rain, hope it last some days.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
19 Oct 22
We did not get much rain this summer.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
19 Oct 22
Neither did us. Do you have droughts there?
@JudyEv (342225)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct 22
I'm pleased your country is getting some rain at last. We have severe flooding in our eastern states.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
22 Oct 22
We had flooding in some parts of our country too.
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@Neil43 (3363)
20 Oct 22
I hate when it rains in the Philippines especially during my vacation.