11.   Rain also flooded and briefly closed the Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel near Los Angeles International Airport.

12.   Ramos quizzed Chavez about rumors that he had fled to an island on a day when torrential rains flooded his country.

13.   The excessive rain flooded homes in Arizona and carried away cars in northern New Jersey.

14.   The mold appeared after the building was flooded by rains last summer.

15.   The rain has flooded drainage canals and left water standing in many groves, causing the fruit to fall before ripening and threatening to kill the trees.

16.   The unusually heavy rains flooded many roads and made parts of Cairo impassable.

17.   Part of the Warsaw-Berlin highway will be closed for repairs for three days after heavy rains flooded the road Thursday, Polish television said.

18.   Rain also flooded several tunnels on the outskirts of the capital.

19.   After months of drought, rain flooded northern Israel Thursday, destroying property and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate.

20.   But rain has been flooding airstrips and roads, disrupting deliveries.