On Twitter, some Texas and Oklahoma residents were beseeching followers to do a rain dance for the parched states.

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"I think I need to google how to do a rain dance, because we haven't seen rain in TX and OK for two months, " Vincenzo Moretti tweeted.

CNN: Heat wave: Oklahoma, Texas endure warmest months on record

As this is written, the Greek parliament is doing another austerity rain dance, seeking to appease the bailout gods and obtain a few billion more euros to shovel into the unionized money incinerator that is the Greek public sector.

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It's about learning to dance in the rain'.

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Dance festival Creamfields has been cancelled on its final day after heavy rain flooded the site.

BBC: Creamfields music festival called off after flooding