1.   Anyone who has heard chainsaws used to down trees knows the unrelenting buzz and brack of steel against live wood.

2.   Before reaching Georgia, the storms caused scattered damage in much of Alabama, downing trees and leaving thousands of Alabamians without power.

3.   But the river grew swift upstream, and by the time it reached the prison northeast of Cuero, it was swallowing pastures, downing trees and gaining speed.

4.   Even as the storm continued losing strength, it downed trees, knocked out power and spawned small tornadoes in Virginia early Saturday morning that injured nine people.

5.   Lacking that, find a rock overhang or downed tree, or build a lean-to from sticks and boughs.

6.   Just before the system reached Georgia, high winds and hail caused scattered damage in much of Alabama, downing trees and leaving thousands of people without power.

7.   To Madagascar for ring-tailed lemurs and upside-down trees.

8.   A violent rainstorm downed trees and tore roofs off hundreds of homes in northern Moldova, officials said Wednesday.

9.   Across Arkansas, trees were downed and electricity knocked out in several counties, and some homes were damaged near Pine Bluff, authorities said.

10.   Elsewhere, heavy rain, hail, frequent lightning and high winds battered the Deep South, downing trees in Louisiana and flooding parts of Tennessee.