31.   Normally at this time of year Indonesia would be enjoying heavy monsoon rains.

32.   Normally heavy monsoon rains extinguish fires at this time of year.

33.   Northern and eastern India, most of neighboring Bangladesh and parts of neighboring Nepal have been devastated by an unusually heavy monsoon this year.

34.   On Saturday, a series of landslides sent rocks and mud cascading down the mountain, which has been lashed by heavy monsoon rains for three weeks.

35.   Normally, heavy monsoon rains extinguish fires at this time of year.

36.   Rescue work has been hampered by the heavy monsoon rains that began Saturday.

37.   The bridge work was abandoned last month after heavy monsoon rains turned the Jhelum river into a furious torrent, they said.

38.   The accidents, involving trucks, buses or cars, occurred as much of the state was recovering from heavy monsoon flooding.

39.   The flooding was caused by a week of unusually heavy monsoon rains lashing the state, situated along the Indian Ocean.

40.   The floods have been caused by heavy monsoon rains, and more are expected next week in the north and northeast provinces.