41.   Coal mine settling ponds across southern West Virginia have overflowed repeatedly in recent weeks as the region has been hit repeatedly with torrential downpours.

42.   Despite a torrential overnight downpour, smoke curled out of the wreckage as three fires continued to burn.

43.   Florida was expected to get some relief Wednesday from the torrential downpours of the day before, while near-freezing temperatures were forecast for the central states.

44.   Fly-infested hikes through the hills of northern Michigan, bicycle rides through torrential downpours, and countless weight rooms had a demoralizing effect.

45.   Hundreds of Virginians and West Virginians fled to higher ground as a torrential downpour triggered flooding and mudslides in the area for the third time in a month.

46.   In Tampico, rain began falling Wednesday and had become a torrential downpour by early Thursday.

47.   Many Virginians and West Virginians dashed to higher ground as torrential downpours triggered flooding and mudslides in the area for the third time in a month.

48.   Most deaths occurred when people drowned while trying to swim to safety in the swirling flood waters or when houses collapsed in the torrential downpours.

49.   Much of Hebei was ravaged by floods caused by torrential downpours earlier this month.

50.   Officials could not give a precise death toll from the torrential downpour in Andhra Pradesh state because of poor communications in the area.