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Data: MAVEN
Trigger word:
rainfall
Event Types (Count):
Catastrophe (20)
NegTrigger (288)
Motion (13)
Self_motion (14)
Negative Trigger
In
Singapore
,
the
24-hour
rainfall
recorded
on
20
December
was
366
mm
,
the
third
highest
recorded
rainfall
in
75
years
.
In
the
days
leading
up
to
June
19
,
2013
,
Alberta
,
Canada
,
experienced
heavy
rainfall
that
triggered
Causation
catastrophic
flooding
described
Statement
by
the
provincial
government
as
the
worst
in
Alberta
's
history
.
Dot
produced
Creating
heavy
rainfall
and
gusty
winds
as
it
passed
Motion_directional
south
of
the
Big
Island
,
Lanai
,
Maui
,
Molokai
,
and
Oahu
,
resulting in
Causation
minor
damage
Damaging
.
The
depression
dropped
Motion_directional
locally
heavy
rainfall
in
western
Mexico
,
but
there
were
no
reports
Reporting
of
damage
Damaging
.
though
mostly
concentrated
in
north
carolina
,
rainfall
was
widespread
Dispersal
,
reaching
Arriving
as
far
north
as
maine
.
The
hurricane
Catastrophe
deluged
Motion
the
southwest
Mexican
coastline
,
resulting in
Causation
the
highest
rainfall
totals
from
a
tropical
cyclone
in
five
Mexican
states
.
Minor
inland
flooding
Motion
occurred
Presence
due
to
heavy
rainfall
,
with
a
portion
of
Texas
State
Highway
36
being
temporarily
shutdown
.
Building
Building
on
the
rainfall
of
Frances
and
Ivan
,
Jeanne
brought
Bringing
near-record
flood
levels
as
far
north
as
West
Virginia
and
New
Jersey
before
its
remnants
turned
Becoming
east
into
the
open
Openness
Atlantic
.
It
produced
Creating
heavy
rainfall
and
strong
winds
,
damaging
Damaging
or
destroying
Destroying
tens
of
thousands
of
houses
and
leaving
up
to
500,000
homeless
.
The
dam
broke
Destroying
after
several
days
of
extremely
heavy
rainfall
,
releasing
14.55
million
cubic
meters
of
water
.
tropical
storm
morakot
,
known
in
the
philippines
as
tropical
storm
unk
,
brought
Bringing
significant
rainfall
to
taiwan
before
alleviating
drought
conditions
in
mainland
china
in
august
2003
.
In
Taiwan
,
where
Morakot
first
made
landfall
Arriving
,
heavy
rainfall
resulted
in
flooding
.
Crop
damage
also
resulted
Causation
from
the
rainfall
,
and
was
estimated
at
over
NT
$
70
million
(
US
$
2
million
)
.
In
China
,
record
rainfall
was
reported
Reporting
.
Due
to
preexisting
drought
conditions
,
703
cloud
seeding
operations
took place
Process_start
in
order
to
artificially
generate
added
rainfall
;
such
operations
resulted in
Causation
moderate
precipitation
over
the
targeted
area
.
Along
its
path
,
Harvey
dropped
Motion_directional
heavy
rainfall
across
much
of
Central
America
.
Heavy
rainfall
also
caused
Causation
rivers
to
overflow
,
damaging
Damaging
homes
and
businesses
.
Heavy
rainfall
,
peaking
Self_motion
at
in
Donaldsonville
,
Louisiana
,
also
helped
Assistance
to
damage
crops
.
The
hurricane
Catastrophe
produced
Creating
light
rainfall
and
high
tides
along
the
Gulf
Coast
of
the
United
States
.
In
Mexico
,
the
hurricane
Catastrophe
caused
Causation
strong
winds
and
moderate
rainfall
.
The
rainfall
,
reaching
Achieve
over
17.52
inches
(
445
mm
)
,
caused
Causation
flooding
and
mudslides
which
killed
Killing
eleven
people
in
Tamaulipas
.
Heavy
rainfall
also
led to
Causation
extreme
damage
Damaging
to
vegetation
and
agriculture
.
Both
systems
increased
Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
rainfall
Self_motion
across
the
region
,
although
the
depression
dropped
Motion_directional
heavy
rainfall
Self_motion
close
to
its
center
when
it
moved
Motion
ashore
on
October
15
.
Heavy
rainfall
Self_motion
began
Process_start
in
early
October
2008
while
a
tropical
wave
passed
Motion_directional
through
the
region
.
Both
systems
increased
Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
rainfall
Self_motion
across
the
region
,
although
the
depression
dropped
Motion_directional
heavy
rainfall
Self_motion
close
to
its
center
when
it
moved
Motion
ashore
on
October
15
.
Another
low
pressure
area
interacted
with
a
cold
front
on
October
21
,
adding
Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
to
the
rainfall
Self_motion
in
the
region
.
Heavy
rainfall
Self_motion
extended
Expansion
from
Costa
Rica
to
southeastern
Mexico
,
causing
Causation
what
was
considered
the
worst
natural
disaster
in
the
region
since
Hurricane
Mitch
in
1998
.
In
the
former
country
,
rainfall
Self_motion
totaled
over
several
weeks
,
making
the
week
ending
Process_end
October
17
the
wettest
in
San
José
since
1944
.
In
Nicaragua
to
the
north
,
weeks
of
heavy
rainfall
Self_motion
killed
Killing
16
people
and
damaged
Damaging
or
destroyed
Destroying
1,333
houses
.
In
Honduras
where
the
tropical
depression
made
landfall
,
rainfall
Self_motion
reached
Arriving
in
some
areas
,
although
the
highest
official
total
there
related
to
the
depression
was
on
the
offshore
Roatán
over
six
days
.
The
combination
of
the
rainfall
and
a
high
storm
surge
flooded
Motion
50,000
houses
and
many
communities
in
southern
Louisiana
,
causing
Causation
extensive
agriculture
losses
.
Due
to
rainfall
from
a
trough
for
several
days
,
combined
Cause_to_amalgamate
in
some
areas
from
Candy
itself
,
flooding
occurred
Coming_to_be
in
eastern
Texas
;
there
was
minor
damage
Damaging
to
crops
,
roads
,
and
bridges
.
Candy
and
its
remnants
dropped
Motion_directional
rainfall
in
24
other
states
,
reaching
Arriving
as
far
north
as
New
Hampshire
.
in
the
carolinas
,
the
storm
Catastrophe
produced
Creating
heavy
rainfall
,
causing
Causation
flash
flooding
Catastrophe
,
particularly
along
the
cape
fear
river
in
north
carolina
.
Cyclone
Sam
was
an
intense
tropical
cyclone
Catastrophe
that
brought
Bringing
flooding
rainfall
to
a
wide
swath
of
northern
Australia
in
December
2000
.
Throughout
its
existence
Presence
,
Cyclone
Catastrophe
Sam
brought
Bringing
heavy
rainfall
to
a
wide
swath
of
northern
Australia
.
severe
tropical
storm
unk
in
1984
caused
Causation
100
year
floods
in
south
africa
and
record
rainfall
in
swaziland
.
In
Mozambique
,
Domoina
dropped
Motion_directional
heavy
rainfall
in
the
capital
Maputo
that
accounted
for
40
%
of
the
annual
total
.
In
South
Africa
,
rainfall
peaked
Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
at
950
mm
(
37
in
)
,
which
flooded
29
river
basins
,
notably
the
Pongola
River
which
altered
its
course
after
the
storm
.
In
Louisiana
,
the
western
edge
of
the
storm
produced
Creating
light
rainfall
and
hurricane-force
winds
,
though
no
damage
Damaging
occurred
Coming_to_be
in
that
state
.
Overall
,
impact
Influence
was
minor
in
the
Lesser
Antilles
,
with
only
light
to
moderate
rainfall
in
Dominican
Republic
,
Puerto
Rico
,
and
the
United
States
Virgin
Islands
.
In
addition
,
Debby
dropped
Motion_directional
rainfall
and
produced
Manufacturing
moderately
strong
winds
on
Newfoundland
.
The
cyclone
Catastrophe
dropped
Motion_directional
430.6
mm
(
16.95
in
)
of
rainfall
over
a
24
hour
period
on
Marisah
,
which
was
the
highest
daily
total
in
the
country
as
of
2003
.
Prior
to
making
landfall
Self_motion
near
the
El
Salvador–Guatemala
border
as
a
tropical
depression
,
the
precursor
disturbance
dropped
Motion_directional
heavy
rainfall
over
the
region
,
which
later
continued
after
landfall
.
Many
rivers
in
the
region
burst
their
banks
after
five
days
of
rainfall
,
causing
Causation
severe
flooding
Motion
and
multiple
mudslides
.
There
,
it
dropped
Motion_directional
heavy
rainfall
and
produced
Causation
gusty
winds
that
destroyed
Destroying
80
%
of
the
coffee
crop
in
Oriente
Province
.
It
dropped
Motion_directional
heavy
rainfall
that
flooded
Destroying
90
%
of
Tampico
,
while
its
strong
winds
damaged
Damaging
half
of
the
homes
,
leaving
Causation
15,000
homeless
.
After
its
extratropical
transition
,
Noel
became
Becoming
a
very
strong
low
pressure
system
,
causing
Causation
flooding
and
wind
damage
over
Maine
and
Eastern
Canada
,
with
heavy
rainfall
Catastrophe
occurring
Presence
across
Atlantic
Canada
,
and
snowfall
over
some
areas
of
Eastern
Quebec
and
Labrador
.
Hurricane
Ione
was
a
strong
,
Category
4
hurricane
that
affected
North
Carolina
in
September
1955
,
bringing
high
winds
and
significant
rainfall
.
Heavy
rainfall
was
observed
Perception_active
on
Cuba
,
peaking
at
.
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