Rain

Strauss, Cook hit centuries as rain thwarts England (AFP)

November 13th, 2010

Opening batsmen Alastair Cook (pictured) and Andrew Strauss hit centuries to give England a winning chance on the final day of their three-day tour game against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Cook made an unbeaten 111 and Strauss slammed 102 off 121 balls to put the tourists in a position to declare their second innings at 240 for one early on the last day.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Opening batsmen Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss hit centuries but rain thwarted England as their three-day tour game against South Australia petered out in a draw at the…

Rain batters China; 250,000 evacuated in flood (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

** CORRECTS PHOTO NUMBER ** This photo released by China's Xinhua news agency shows the bird's-eye view of a damaged village after flood in Dandong, northeast China's Liaoning province, on Sunday Aug. 22, 2010. Flooding has forced the evacuation of 94,000 people in the north China port city of Dandong after heavy rains caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, state media said Sunday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Jianfeng) ** NO SALES **AP - Flooding forced the evacuation of more than 250,000 people in the northern China along its border with North Korea, state media said Monday.


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Rain batters China anew; 94,000 evacuated in flood (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers search for mudslide victims in Puladi Town, Gongshan of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. Emergency crews recovered more bodies Saturday from the landslide that crushed the southwestern town of Puladi, nearly doubling the death toll from Wednesday's disaster to 23 with 69 others still missing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lin Yiguang) ** NO SALES **AP - Flooding has forced the evacuation of 94,000 people in the north China port city of Dandong after heavy rains caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, state…

Murray defies Federer, rain for second Toronto title (AFP)

August 15th, 2010

Andy Murray of Great Britain returns a shot to Roger Federer of Switzerland in the first set during the final of the Rogers Cup at the Rexall Centre in Toronto, Canada. Murray became the first man since Andre Agassi in 1995 to win back-to-back ATP Toronto Masters titles, defeating Federer 7-5, 7-5, after withstanding multiple rain delays.(AFP/Getty Images/Matthew Stockman)AFP - Scotsman Andy Murray showed steely nerve to shatter a career finals jinx against Roger Federer, defeating the stylish Swiss 7-5, 7-5 Sunday to defend his title at the…

Rain refreshes Moscow, but wildfires still burning (AP)

August 13th, 2010

People walk at the Moscow Red Square, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, enjoying the respite from the smog due to a change in the wind direction. The skies were clear over Moscow Thursday, giving residents a desperately needed break from air pollution thanks to favorable winds and some success in fighting wildfires that have choked the capital with clouds of acrid smog.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Heavy downpours have cooled the Russian capital after weeks of unprecendented heat and dry weather, but dozens of wildfires are still raging around Moscow.


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Rain slows hunt for air crash bodies in Pakistan (AP)

July 29th, 2010

People carry a casket of a plane crash victim during a funeral prayer in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Airbus A321 operated by local carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital, Islamabad, during stormy, monsoon weather, killing all 152 people on board. (AP Photo/Karachi)AP - Anguished relatives sought the remains of loved ones killed in Pakistan’s worst-ever plane crash, some grieving at a hospital collecting bodies Thursday and others joining the recovery effort…

Rain slows search for dead in Pakistan plane crash (AP)

July 29th, 2010

A video grab shows debris from a commercial Pakistani passenger plane lying scattered amid shrubbery in hills near the capital, Islamabad, July 28, 2010. Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of at least 20 people from the wreckage of a Pakistani passenger plane which crashed near the capital on Wednesday, an official said. The Airblue jet was carrying 146 passengers and six crewmen. REUTERS/via Reuters TVbr /<br /></a> (PAKISTAN - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER)AP - Emergency teams battled heavy rains and mud Thursday to recover bodies strewn over hills overlooking the Pakistani capital following the country’s worst-ever plane crash.


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Typhoon lashes south China with heavy rain, winds (AP)

July 22nd, 2010

In this Tuesday, July 20, 2010 photo, a street lamp is partially emerged by the flooded Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing city. Flooding this year has killed 701 people, left 347 missing and caused tens of billions of dollars in damage, the worst toll across the board that China has seen in a decade, a senior Chinese official said Wednesday. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Typhoon Chanthu sent debris flying through the air in southern China’s Guangdong province on Thursday, bringing rain that could aggravate the country’s worst floods in a decade.


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Rain resumes in Rio and officials fear more deaths (AP)

April 7th, 2010

Firefighters rescue an injured man after a landslide in the Morro dos Prazeres area of the Santa Teresa neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Torrential rains in Rio de Janeiro have triggered landslides that killed 81 people as rising water paralyzed traffic and suspended most business. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Rains began pelting Rio again early Wednesday, hours after the heaviest deluge on record sent killer mudslides cascading down hillsides and turned streets into raging torrents in Brazil’s…

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