31.   Driving rain lashed central and southern areas of the country, flooding streets, damaging buildings and killing livestock.

32.   Dinamo Bucharest players were lashed by rain as they trained Monday for their tough UEFA Cup match against Reykjavik.

33.   Early monsoon rains lashed southwest India on Friday, ending a weeklong heat wave there.

34.   For a third straight night, heavy rain lashed quake refugees living in tents and makeshift shelters in the quake zone.

35.   Heavy rain lashed the city throughout the afternoon, flooding main avenues and causing traffic chaos.

36.   Heavy rain lashed the island and wind toppled trees onto power lines, causing dozens of homes to lose electricity for about an hour.

37.   Heavy rain lashed wide areas of southern and western Japan Tuesday for a fifth consecutive day, disrupting railway service and swelling rivers.

38.   Heavy rains lashed drought-stricken Jamaica for the second straight day Thursday, triggering flooding and mudslides and leaving at least one person dead.

39.   Heavy monsoon rains lashed the Indian capital for hours Wednesday, flooding streets during the morning rush hour, destroying two homes and injuring two people.

40.   Heavy rains lashed Paris, flooding roads and tunnels and forcing residents of one chic Paris neighborhood to evacuate after their street collapsed.