1.   BLIZZARD conditions and torrential rainstorms wreaked havoc on the North-East yesterday.

2.   A torrential rainstorm soaked the campsite during the night.

3.   Late last month a record number of people defied another torrential rainstorm to vote in legislative elections.

4.   Mayor Rudolph Giuliani declared victory over the mosquitoes a couple weeks ago, but after a torrential rainstorm, they revived and the spraying resumed.

5.   The phenomenon is blamed on recent torrential rainstorms in California.

6.   The warmer weather follows torrential rainstorms that lashed Florida last weekend, knocking some ripening citrus fruit to the ground.

7.   Torrential rainstorms wreaked havoc on the Wimbledon qualifying events this weekend, actually driving them indoors to hardcourts, and forcing most practice sessions indoors as well.

8.   A torrential rainstorm caused the postponement of the finals of the Citrix Tennis Championships at the Delray Beach Tennis Center.

9.   But there had also been a torrential rainstorm, and it fell to men like Malone, a mild-mannered British engineer, to pick up the pieces.

10.   Water damage from hoses and a torrential rainstorm had also damaged the interior.