1.   Each afternoon the skies darkened and a violent cleansing rainstorm swept the town.

2.   Rilla Challiss recalled, and there was no twilight, for a violent rainstorm began as night fell.

3.   But a violent rainstorm makes the lights and phone work erratically, and there is an eerie, persistent lighthouse beam in the distance.

4.   Even where temperatures remained balmy, violent rainstorms wreaked havoc.

5.   In the lowlands it took the form of violent rainstorms, and in many higher areas it was accompanied by thunder and occasional hail.

6.   Parts of New Orleans, a city built in a saucer, became lakes Monday night as a violent rainstorm swept in, resulting in at least five deaths.

7.   A violent rainstorm downed trees and tore roofs off hundreds of homes in northern Moldova, officials said Wednesday.

8.   They got caught in a violent rainstorm and rescue teams sent to the region have found no trace of them or their boats.

9.   He had planned to make the trip but violent rainstorms made a helicopter flight to the site impossible.

10.   Meteorologists in Chile also blame El Nino for the violent rainstorms that drenched the South American country earlier this month.