1.   Although the timing of the flood is uncertain, there is a good chance that the village will not survive the rains this year.

2.   But other parts of the country that get a reasonable amount of rain each year are not immune from the stains.

3.   Despite some showers since, the ranches have still had only about half as much rain this year as normal.

4.   Heavy rains this year have delayed plantings of corn and soybeans and interrupted harvesting of winter wheat.

5.   Rains this year have caused grasses along the roadway to shoot up, sometimes creating visual obstructions for drivers, making mowing necessary.

6.   That region now gets less than two-tenths of an inch of rain each year.

7.   The Suwannee is usually swollen and flooded in spring, and heavy rains this year have left it even more bloated.

8.   Though the Juba River often floods during the rainy season in October and November, the rains this year came early and have been torrential and unrelenting.

9.   Two of the three appearances by the Outlaws at the half-mile dirt track in Mesquite were hampered by rain this year.

10.   Above-average rain this year, ending successive years of drought, has caused a sharp increase in malaria cases.