In addition to the wealth of experiences and opinions in this thread, it is worth reminding:

2 is a really small sample size

Have you ever gone outside?

Nah they know rain turns everything into quicksand. But it doesn’t create a situation more lethal than daily life there.

And done what exactly??

It rains there sometimes. Forecasts change wildly day to day regardless. But it’s a desert and the water typically evaporates so quickly that an hour later there’s no evidence it rained.

Not to mention, it’s unlikely the person died from being trapped in the rain. I’m not sure why the article mentions both things except to give news about the event conditions I guess.

And one of the Avengers films