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Spain has in recent years endured longer and more intense summer heatwaves, while fiercer autumn storms have drenched the country with torrential rain -- extreme weather events that scientists attribute to human-driven climate change.

From Barron's Nov. 26, 2025

These waters have drenched more than 125,000 acres of forest, Zelensky said, and tens of thousands of birds and other animals may die as a result.

From Slate Jun. 13, 2023

As storms have drenched Northern California, water diverted from the swollen Sacramento River has been flowing from a canal and pouring onto 200 acres of farmland.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2023

The atmospheric rivers — narrow but intense filaments of deep tropical moisture stretching thousands of miles across the Pacific — that have drenched the California coast and mountains haven’t had the same impact further inland.

From Washington Post Jan. 11, 2023

The rains have drenched my flesh and the storms have shaken my bones for more seasons than the living know.

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Pogany, Willy