31.   The National Weather Service said an unseasonably strong weather system was moving in from the Gulf of Alaska, bringing a possibility of record rainfall.

32.   A number of villages in the region suffered power cuts while the Baden-Wuerttemberg region recorded record rainfalls.

33.   Dozens of homes were flooded or damaged by mudslides in both southern Germany and southeastern France after torrential rain, producing record rainfalls, swept across the region.