storm drain
noun
: a drain that carries water (such as rainwater) away from a street, parking lot, etc.
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Earlier Friday afternoon an EF0 tornado touched down in Boyle Heights near downtown Los Angeles, while in Ventura County the backyard of a home was severely damaged when a storm drain gave way due to storm runoff.
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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2025
The city faced a surge of sinkholes due to 50-year-old underground storm drain pipes after a heavy rain season in 2024.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
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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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2025
The city faced a surge of sinkholes due to 50-year-old underground storm drain pipes after a heavy rain season in 2024.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
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 8 Jan. 2026.
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