51.   Summer rains will begin to fall in three to five months and before that parts of China will experience drought, the officials said.

52.   Summer rains and typhoons hit China every year, causing widespread flooding.

53.   Summer rains and typhoons hit southern China every year, causing widespread flooding.

54.   Summer rains regularly swell Chinese rivers, flooding large areas and causing scores of deaths.

55.   Summer rains cause flooding in southern and central China every year.

56.   The Pacific Northwest of the United States experienced flooding because of heavy rain and snow, while the eastern United States and Canada had heavy summer rains.

57.   The onset of the summer rains have seen a surge in the number of cases.

58.   Torrential summer rains are often accompanied by deadly flooding because centuries of overfarming have stripped hills of vegetation that would trap rain water.

59.   Torrential summer rains in southern China are accompanied by deadly flooding because centuries of overfarming have stripped hills of vegetation that would trap rain water.

60.   Weather experts are warning that the parched riverbed will be less able to absorb usually heavy summer rains, when they arrive, Xinhua said.