Rain is essential for life but we are doing many things to make rain less reliable. In addition to cutting down billions of trees and paving millions of acres of land we are affecting the atmosphere with pollution and carbon. We have also created acid rain by dumping our garbage into the air and this damages life in the oceans and lakes.
About 1.8 inches (4.6cm) of rain fell in a minute at Basse Terre in Guadeloupe on 26 November 1970 and 53 inches fell over a 12-hour period at Belouve on La Reunion island in the Indian Ocean. The highest average annual rainfall - some 450 inches - is at Mt Waialeale in Hawaii. The highest recorded annual rainfall was 1,042 inches (nearly 87 feet) at Cherrapunji, India. It also recorded the highest rainfall in a calender month - 366 inches, or 30ft 6in. Bombay last month recorded the highest rainfall in a single day in India - 37.1 inches.
When rain falls this much and many trees have been cut down flooding is caused and this can wreck whole cities.
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