Meaning
Heavy, prolonged rain that causes flooding — the downpour that fills the gullies, bursts the rivers, cuts off roads, and washes out bridges and hillsides. A 'flood rain' can fall for days in the rainy season or with a passing storm, and country people watch the sky and the rising water warily. It brings both the danger of loss and, for the land, the deep watering it needs.
Examples
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Di flood rain wash weh di bridge.
The flooding rain washed away the bridge.
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Road block off from di flood rain.
The road is blocked off from the flooding rain.
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Di dry river fill up inna di flood rain.
The dry river filled up in the flooding rain.
Origin
From 'flood' + 'rain'; heavy flooding rainfall. See [[rainy-season]], [[dry-river]].
How it’s used
Heavy rain that causes flooding. See [[rainy-season]], [[dry-river]].