1.   Pubs, houses and shops were flooded last night when torrential rain lashed parts of North Wales.

2.   Gales blowing from the east-northeast will continue to lash parts of the northern New England shore.

3.   Severe thunderstorms lashed parts of Michigan and New England this week with tornadoes, damaging winds and hail.

4.   Though not as fierce as the storm in the Pacific Northwest, an expansive low pressure system over Quebec will lash parts of the Northeast Thursday with powerful winds.

5.   A storm system packing hurricane-force winds lashed parts of the South on Friday, knocking out power to thousands of people and filling rivers with rain.

6.   But incessant rains continued to lash other parts of the western states of Maharashtra and Gujarat and the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

7.   Heavy rains and gusty winds are expected to lash most parts of Bangladesh during the voting, the Meteorological Department said in a special report.

8.   Storms lashed parts of central and northern Italy Friday, injuring at least five people and downing trees and power lines.

9.   The Bangladesh Meteorological Department warned that more rainstorms may lash parts of Bangladesh, including the bruised northern districts.

10.   Torrential rains lashed parts of the main island of Java last week.