I should add that the last time this kind of event occurred at my parents town, which is in the tropics, was just before a significant years long drought. The l

I should add that the last time this kind of event occurred at my parents town, which is in the tropics, was just before a significant years long drought. The local post office's rain gauge maxed out at about 1 metre. This was over a period of either 9 hours or 19 hours.