1.   But drenching rain could seriously damage Deep South cotton and tobacco.

2.   Heavy rains damaged many homes and small businesses, but no injuries or deaths have been reported.

3.   The merlots matured earlier and were less damaged by rains in the September harvest.

4.   The rains also damaged some crops along the Upper Coast but helped farmers in the Plains and North Central regions.

5.   While heavy rains damaged crops in Colombia, growers are concerned that dry conditions could damage the crop in some areas of Brazil.

6.   Authorities said the rains were damaging banana and sugar crops in the region, but had given no estimate of the loss.

7.   Heavy rain damaged thousands of homes, forced hundreds of people to flee rising waters and wiped out dozens of bridges, roads and dams.

8.   Heavy monsoon rains also have damaged rice paddies, which supply the staple food of the people of Bangladesh.

9.   Meanwhile, the railway between Yingtan in southeastern Jiangxi province and Xiamen in neighboring Fujian was closed after torrential rains Sunday damaged foundations, Xinhua said.

10.   News reports said recent heavy rains had damaged the wooden chest.