Doctors warned people to stay away from the medical tent where patients were being treated in order to avoid contagion. This means to avoid the spread or transfer of diseases or infection. Contagion means the communication of illnesses from one person to another, most especially when in close contact.
The participle is scraped
The Atlantic ocean borders New York
Rain: connotation is that of abundance, overabundance, or just sheer magnitude. ... The second connotation is sadness, melancholy, distress, or even foreboding. Use of rain or impending rain in movies to convey such these things is almost a trope.
