1.   The torrential floods of northern California have buried the Lake Tahoe ski areas in heaps of snow.

2.   Powerful hurricanes like Mitch, devastating droughts and torrential floods have long plagued humankind.

3.   He said the disaster was caused by loose soil from deforestation which allowed heavy rain to turn into a torrential flood.

4.   He said the disaster was caused by loose soil from deforestation, which allowed heavy rain to turn into a torrential flood.

5.   It was buried under tons of mud, rocks and fallen trees brought on by torrential floods that devastated much of the state.

6.   Egypt is counting its dead after an inferno in the southern village of Dronka and torrential floods sweeping Egypt killed hundreds of people and left thousands more homeless.