Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rain after a dry spell produces a particular smell and the main contributor to the smell is geosmin caused by actinobacteria, or ...

Origins -- Elemental rain. Cloudy with a chance of civilization ; Drought, deluge, and devilry ; Praying for rain -- Chance of rain. The weather watchers ; The articles of rain -- American rain.

If you were wondering what that strange substance falling from the sky was Tuesday morning, it was rain. After nearly a month without measurable rainfall at Austin's weather station at Camp Mabry, ...