Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 7 лет назадhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dramatic Even though Cindy was a mild storm in those terms, its sustained rains had a dramatic impact". Lawrence Specker, AL.com, "Cindy's rains cause major sewage overflows in Mobile area", 23 June 2017
grumbleradded a comment 7 лет назадheavy rains могут быть и коротким ngram предлагает long/continuous - но это книги https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=long-lasting+rains%2Csustained+rains%2Ccontinuous+rains%2Clong+rains&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Clong%20-%20lasting%20rains%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csustained%20rains%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccontinuous%20rains%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Clong%20rains%3B%2Cc0