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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

Andre Christou watched as the storms that have drenched much of California over the last two weeks turned from serene to scary in the remote wooded community of Matilija Canyon in Los Padres National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 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

Winter Stars   I went out at night alone;    The young blood flowing beyond the sea   Seemed to have drenched my spirit's wings—    I bore my sorrow heavily.

From Flame and Shadow by Teasdale, Sara