storm drain
noun
: a drain that carries water (such as rainwater) away from a street, parking lot, etc.
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Carlsbad’s city manager declared a local emergency Wednesday to expedite repairs to a storm drain system on an ocean bluff eroded by recent rains.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Bolstering safety in extreme weather Mason Kearns, 13, drowned in July after flash floods wedged him into a storm drain.
—Dennis Valera, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Partial remains were first found in the woods behind the Richland Library in June 2024, and additional remains were later recovered from a storm drain in December 2024.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
The waterway bisecting the city was converted to a giant storm drain nearly a century ago to contain flood waters.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Bolstering safety in extreme weather Mason Kearns, 13, drowned in July after flash floods wedged him into a storm drain.
—Dennis Valera, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Partial remains were first found in the woods behind the Richland Library in June 2024, and additional remains were later recovered from a storm drain in December 2024.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
The waterway bisecting the city was converted to a giant storm drain nearly a century ago to contain flood waters.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Storm drain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storm%20drain. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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