It was most notable on cars, with a thick brown mud-like substance caked on. ‘Mud rain’ coats a car in Grand Rapids on Friday, April 18. ‘Mud rain’ coats a car in Grand Rapids on Friday ...

This dirty coating is thanks to something commonly called "mud rain"; where falling precipitation combines with dust and dirt in the atmosphere to create the equivalent of "dirty rain".

A kayaker was rescued Friday afternoon after he sunk into the mud in the Terrell River in East Moriches, fire officials said. The East Moriches Fire Department responded to a 911 call reporting a ...