1.   The heavy rain triggered a mudslide.

2.   As Kansas Citians prepared for work Monday morning, torrential rain triggered flash flooding, trapping people in their cars and homes and inundating low-lying streets and highways.

3.   Additional rain has triggered flash flooding in northeast Houston.

4.   Instead, El Nino-driven rains triggered a crisis as the corps kept the Tamiami Trail floodgates closed to spare the sparrow.

5.   Spring rains can trigger a deluge of water that dumps thousands of gallons of water around the house.

6.   The California Highway Patrol reported no traffic fatalities in Los Angeles County, and although the rain triggered many crashes, there were fewer than expected.

7.   When the storm hit, the rains triggered landslides along the deforested hills, gobbling up everything in their paths.

8.   Forecasters also said heavy rains could trigger rock and mudslides in steep terrain.

9.   Heavy monsoon rains in July triggered massive flooding along the Mekong River, which cuts through Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

10.   Heavy rain triggered the landslide, which sent tons of boulders and mud cascading down the side of a mountain onto several houses in Sinay village Thursday.