41.   Rains also pounded Jamaica this week, causing at least six deaths and widespread damage throughout the central parts of the island.

42.   Rescue efforts were stopped Thursday when heavy rains pounded the hills around the village, stoking fears another landslide could be triggered, Djoko said.

43.   Some parts of Kyushu have been pounded by rain for most of the week.

44.   The Daily Nation spaper said heavy rains had been pounding Mombasa and the entire coast since Saturday.

45.   Those rains pounded eastern Puerto Rico with near-record amounts on Tuesday, flooding major streets and highways and sending rivers and creeks surging over their banks.

46.   Torrential rains pounded the lower third of the Florida peninsula as the storm crawled across the straits separating Cuba from the United States.

47.   Heavy rain pounded much of the country.

48.   The rain pounded the villages of Dar al-Sallam, Nagee al-Deir and Awlad al-Sheikh in Sohag province.

49.   There were no immediate reports of casualties, but heavy rains pounded the capital and wide areas of Luzon.

50.   Three people were killed in western Narail district as heavy rains pounded several parts of the country, news reports said.