If it only Rains hard enough!
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
The fall Rains were late this year, and the yellow plains below furnished neither food nor drink for either man or beast.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
They 've had a severe winter, and a great deal of sickness; the Rains, too, have done a deal of mischief; but on the whole matters are looking up again.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever