Violent winds, torrential downpour and a storm surge could result in wide-spread power outages and heavy flooding.

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Audi's winning car was the only one of their three to complete the contest, which ended in a torrential downpour.

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But at the moment of totality, a torrential downpour spoiled the view.

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Believe me, if you are going to walk 50 miles (80km) in a torrential downpour, you want the best money can buy.

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As darkness fell there was a torrential downpour.

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Involved in one of two matches unable to finish on the opening day because of a torrential downpour flooding the La Costa course, Montgomerie resumed by hitting a glorious seven-iron to four feet and made the birdie putt.

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But all that changed after eight minutes when a glaring error by 22-year-old keeper Scott Carson handed Croatia the lead on a pitch left partly waterlogged by a torrential pre-match downpour.

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But unlike on Sunday, when torrential rain soaked the jubilee pageant on the River Thames, the showers did not become a downpour.

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