1.   In recent months, Usher said, many countries, such as China and Bangladesh, have experienced torrential rainfall that meteorologists blame on La Nina.

2.   The job description demands tolerance of occasional drought as well as torrential rainfall, wind, beating sun and blistering heat.

3.   Torrential rainfall of up to eight inches will cause local flooding of low-lying areas.

4.   Torrential rainfall will cause some local flooding, especially near the southern Texas coast.

5.   Torrential rainfall will then become the primary threat.

6.   A few Wednesday afternoon thunderstorms across this area will produce torrential rainfall and lead to urban and stream flooding.

7.   Aviation authorities said the crash of the Cessna light plane is believed to have been caused by torrential rainfall and poor visibility.

8.   Filled to overflowing by torrential rainfall, the Lake Peligre hydroelectric dam there threatened to burst.

9.   Guiu countered that the kind of torrential rainfall that set off the flood is impossible to predict, and denied planners could have foreseen the risk.

10.   Heavy to torrential rainfall is again possible this afternoon through this evening.