Fresh news delivered to you every day. Visit our Circulation department for print subscription information. Roadwork begins to repair Clarendon streets after a Thursday night rainstorm dumped more than 9 inches of rain on the city.
Rain can be good for more businesses than just agri-business.
Stephen Terry, store team leader at Target, said umbrella sales jump when it rains. Everybody probably owns two or three umbrellas, but they hardly ever have them in the car with them. We do carry some of the little ponchos and we do see a little boost in sales in those. By Friday evening, Amarillo had accumulated 1.42 inches of rain in about the previous 24 hours, said Matt Wolters, meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Rains began drenching the area between 6 and 7 p.m. Thursday, he said.