Affected by rain around North, then South, got destroyed (4,4)

'got destroyed' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'affected by rain around north then south' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'north' could be 'n' (abbreviation) and 'n' is found in the answer.
'rain' could be 'wet' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'wet' is present in the remaining letters.
'south' could be 's' (abbreviation) and 's' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'wet' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?