Journalist Keith Baker takes a look at what is making the headlines in Wednesday's morning papers.
No shortage of dramatic pictures... all of them of what happened on Tuesday when the heavens opened.
The headline writers have risen to the occasion as well.
"Wet wet wet" says the Belfast Telegraph, "Rain of terror" is the Mirror's line, while the Sun calls the whole event "Floody freaky".
The most commonly-used picture is of a woman who seems to have taken refuge in the boot of her water-logged car.
In one picture, on an inside page of the Mirror, there's a shot of someone on a bus apparently laughing at her predicament.
The caption says: "Let's hope your house wasn't ruined, mate".
Anyway, the News Letter shows us how she made her escape. Her bike was in the boot so she hopped on it and cycled off through the flood-water.
As for who's to blame for all this chaos... the News Letter says the fault lies in years of neglect of the sewage and drainage system which is out of date, it says, and needs a complete overhaul and modernisation.
The Mirror says our new ministers must step up to the mark: "They've been complaining about dilapidated infrastructure for years and now they can do something about it."
A very different story makes the lead in the Irish News.
It reports that the Real IRA have admitted responsibility for the murder of father-of-five Danny McGurk who was shot dead at his home in the lower Falls four years ago.
The Irish News says they've issued a statement saying they conducted a "12-month prolonged internal investigation", as a result of which they've concluded that Mr McGurk was what they describe as an "innocent civilian" and that the killing was "criminally wrong".
They've also "offered condolences" to his family.
Mr McGurk's sister tells the paper they got a phone call to meet the Real IRA. She says they listened to what they had to say, they're happy with the statement but they'll still be pursuing convictions.
Blair
On Tuesday we had Tony Blair having a go at the press. One paper he mentioned in particular was the Independent. He called it "a viewspaper, not a newspaper".
On Wednesday the Independent strikes back. There's a front page piece by the editor.
He says Mr Blair has singled the Independent out because it's against the war in Iraq... and he wonders if the prime minister would have made his comments if the paper had backed him.
Other papers - the Financial Times, the Mirror - get on their high horse as well.
And the Sun says politicians who complain about the press are like sailors who moan about the weather.
But the Times thinks journalists should be able to take as much as they dish out.
Several papers give space to an interview with princes William and Harry which is to be shown on American television.
They've given the interview in order to publicise next month's concert in memory of their mother.
The Express headlines Prince Harry's view that they'll never know what actually happened the night she died.
Bush
Finally, the big mystery of the day - what happened to George Bush's watch?
Several papers have pictures of the president in with his sleeves rolled up shaking hands with enthusiastic crowds in Albania.
In one picture he's got the watch on... in another, lo and behold, it's gone.
The Times wonders "did it fall off, was it stolen or did he just put it in his pocket?"
The Daily Telegraph says if it's lost it won't be hard to replace. It was a £25 Timex.
But it won't be hard to trace either because it's got an inscription - George W Bush, President, January 20, 2001.
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