1.   Forming off the Eastern Seaboard, a Northeaster travels near the coast, lashing affected regions with strong winds from the northeast and heavy precipitation.

2.   Heavy rains lashed the region, damaging huts, harming crops, lagoon fish and prawn yields.

3.   Normal activity came to a halt in several districts in the state as unusually heavy rain and strong winds lashed the region, relief officials said.

4.   The Blayais nuclear reactor was temporarily shut down when high winds lashed the southern Gironde region.

5.   Torrential rains lashed the region, damaging crops and downing power lines.

6.   He declined to say when the army planned to resume its campaign as monsoon rains lashed the region.

7.   He declined to say when the army planned to resume its campaign amid monsoon rains lashing the region.

8.   Increases in the number of malaria cases have been attributed to heavy rains that have lashed the region following years of drought seasons.

9.   Residents of coastal towns in northern Australia were told to stay home and batten down Saturday as Justin and its destructive winds lashed the region.

10.   The entire region has been lashed by torrential rains since the onset of the monsoon earlier this month.