Heavy rain

Kevin Blake, who blogs at Even the wrong words seem to ryhme, compares the consequences of heavy rain in Malta and Cyprus. From 'It never rains in Cyprus':

I actually feel rather fortunate to be in Cyprus while it’s raining. Just a few days ago I wondered what it would be like. A few years ago I visited Malta during the middle of February. Malta is supposed to be gorgeous sunshine for all but about 5 days in the year - where it rains heavily. Because of that, they don’t really care about small things like rain - so when it does rain - there is quite a large flood problem on the hilly roads.

There was nothing at all like that in Cyprus. This rain hasn’t exactly clogged the streets, and there appears to be more than adequate drainage. Nobody’s been running through the city screaming of the end of the world, nor dancing in the streets. With the exception of a few shop workers coming to watch from under the cover of their shopfronts, everyone’s gone about their business as if nothing’s different to the day before...