But there are big differences between this flood and that flood, and one is that December was a very rainy month, and the month of January, according to some people, was the second wettest in almost the century.
More 'blokey', OK. So that's the noun — rain; the verb — rain; and the adjective — rainy. The word snow works in the same way. Listen to this another clip.
I've lived in Leeds and I've lived in Manchester. I found Leeds easier to fit in and... like, enjoyable. I found Manchester, quite different... and rainy and cold and miserable.
Sadly, since totem poles are carved from wood and wood tends to rot over time in rainy places, like the Pacific Northwest, very few totem poles remained that were made before the 1900s.
Just like everywhere else in the tropics, northern Australia is dominated by the wet in the dry season where rainfall is greater during the summer and less during the winter.
Okay, here are some major examples of effects: Instead of usual rising air and rainy conditions in southeast Asia, that area sees subsiding air, which means dry weather and can cause drought.