11.   Wang said Jiangsu had been spared the worst of the flooding and that rains have eased in the past few days.

12.   While rescuers said on Sunday night that the rain was easing, meteorologists forecast further bad weather for Monday.

13.   Although rains have eased a protracted drought throughout the region, the long dry spell has left large tracts of South African farmland dusty and unusable.

14.   Although the rains have eased this week, the Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers flowing from eastern India continued to spill over their banks.

15.   As the rain eased, the government began a relief operation Friday to airlift drinking water, food, medicines and clothes.

16.   As the rain eased, the cars began to dry a line on the track, and drivers had to swerve into the wet to cool their tires.

17.   By evening, the rain had eased in Tokyo.

18.   By evening, the rain had eased.

19.   But when the rains eased Wednesday, the choking haze from hundreds of forest fires in the region began to filter back in.

20.   Cuban meteorologists have forecast that the rains will ease over the weekend.