Black Rain

Black rain refers to two atmospheric events:

• Nuclear fallout, particularly with regard to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Rain polluted with dark particulates such as rain dust

Black Rain may refer to:

In film:

• Black Rain (1989 American film), a 1989 American film directed by Ridley Scott
• Black Rain (1989 Japanese film), a 1989 Japanese film directed by Imamura Shohei based on the novel
• Black Rain, an alternate title of The Last Wave, a 1977 Australian film

In music:

• Black Rain (Dark Lotus album), a 2004 Dark Lotus album
• Black Rain (Ozzy Osbourne album), a 2007 album by Ozzy Osbourne
  • "Black Rain" (Ozzy Osbourne song), the title track from the album
• "Black Rain" (Soundgarden song), a 2010 single by Soundgarden

Other:

• Black Rain (novel), a 1965 novel by Japanese author Ibuse Masuji
• Blackra1n, an application used for jailbreaking iPods and iPhones
• Operation Black Rain, an operation by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
• An Iraqi nickname for the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
• Heavy Typhoon Rain or Black Rainstorm warning