Alluvion
Pitter patter
Pitter patter
Down comes the rain
Pavements wet
Puddles forming
Sky's dark again
Splish splosh
Splish splosh
The Deluge comes
Harder faster
Coats pulled tight
umbrellas up
Rivulets trickling
Getting bigger
Total Inundation
Streams now
Torrents flowing
Streets are river like
Rivers swollen
Sewers gushing
Water all around
Freshet rising
Islands forming
No escape the drenching
Banks straining
Defences failing
Water everywhere
Doors leaking
Walls creaking
Carpets soggy
Babies screaming
Adults crying
Sirens wailing
Sandbags pointless
Sluices overrun
The drought forgotten
Cars floating
Boats in roads
Caravans destroyed
Houses soaking
Bridges broken
Families parted
Businesses ruined
Lives in tatters
Floods everywhere
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Freshet - the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Alluvion - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
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Thank you
Caroline