41.   Xinhua said heavy rainstorms were expected in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces.

42.   Heavy rainstorms pouring more water onto already saturated ground pushed northern California rivers over their banks and forced hundreds of northern Californians from their homes.

43.   A witness told AFP he saw the aircraft crash and burst into flames during a heavy rainstorm.

44.   About an hour after the jolt, Jakarta was doused by a heavy rainstorm.

45.   The original launch for Friday and another for Saturday had to be scrubbed because of heavy rainstorms spawned in the Gulf of Mexico which drenched Florida.

46.   The shell was fired into Goma at nightfall, as a heavy rainstorm beat down on the town.

47.   Three people were killed by lightning as heavy rainstorms swept northeastern Iran over the weekend damaging and destroying hundreds of houses, state radio reported.

48.   The authorities issued an urgent warning that a heavy rainstorm expected Saturday night could bring new landslides.

49.   The event had been planned for Friday, but HAMAS said it was delayed because of heavy rainstorms.

50.   The event to commemorate Akel had been planned for Friday, but HAMAS said it was delayed because of heavy rainstorms.