torrential rains vs cats and dogs

Some examples from the web:

• The devastation was compounded By the torrential rains that swept the island.
• The Czech Republic applied for assistance from the Solidarity Fund after its territory was hit by severe torrential rains during May and June 2010.
• In Central Europe, particularly in Poland, a serious drought has been followed by torrential rains and flooding.
• 40 days and 40 nights of torrential rains.
• Rapid and uncomplicated cooperation between European partners is required in order to counter the dramatic consequences of the storm Xynthia and the devastating torrential rains.
• But extra aid has been given in emergency situations, such as after the torrential rains last spring which caused flooding in the camps.
• The two Eastern Caribbean islands were battered by torrential rains and winds of up to 90 mph, which lasted nearly 24 hours, destroying lives and the economies of both countries.
• The continuing torrential rains throughout the southern African region aggravated by the Cyclone Eline have led to the displacement of large numbers of people and there has been considerable damage to housing and infrastructure.
• Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Romania were affected by torrential rains in 2010, which caused serious flooding resulting in huge losses in those countries.
• This review should have taken account of the serious nature of the situation, including the fires that have devastated entire forests, the droughts that have lasted for years and the torrential rains that have lain waste to whole regions in Europe.
• Allow me to express still one more sentence of solidarity regarding the catastrophe caused in Western France by the recent torrential rains in Vendée.
• In July and August 2005 torrential rains and the resulting flooding, flood debris accumulation, rock and boulder slides occurred locally in Burgenland, Carinthia, Salzburg, Styria, the Tyrol and Vorarlberg.
• And it is going to bring torrential rains.
• This summer, the torrential rains that lashed Germany and Austria as well as the Czech Republic and Romania, have caused incalculable damage.
• Because as these torrential rains bear down on us, our leaders are doing nothing.
• The European Union and the Member States need to pay more attention to ensuring that the increasingly infrequent but all the more torrential rains do not place a strain on our rivers all at once.
• On 10 February 2010, torrential rains caused a watercourse to burst its banks, resulting in a landslip engulfing Stratoni (Halkidiki).
• So, follow the instructions issued by the Civil Defense for these cases, as collapses could occurand even floods due to the torrential rains...
• The dirigible Freedom Adventurer... recently downed in a spectacular forced landing... due to torrential rains just outside the city limits... has now been repaired.

Some examples from the web:

• I deal with stray cats and dogs.
• I adopted 32 cats and dogs.
• Preventive veterinary measures include proper vaccination of cats and dogs.
• The solution for injection was studied in cats and dogs undergoing surgery.
• (2) In respond to consumer concern, several Member States have adopted legislation aiming at preventing the production and marketing of fur from cats and dogs.
• In response to consumer concern, several Member States have adopted legislation aiming at preventing the production and marketing of fur from cats and dogs.
• All the neighborhood cats and dogs...
• Alicia came to work with me and helped treat cats and dogs.
• Absorption Peak blood concentrations of robenacoxib are attained rapidly after subcutaneous injection in cats and dogs.
• It is also effective in treating ear mites in cats and dogs.
• STRONGHOLD can be used in breeding, pregnant and lactating cats and dogs.
• Look, the truth about cats and dogs is...
• I see cats and dogs walking towards me.
• When she was little, she found dead cats and dogs.
• I was wrong about that cats and dogs stuff.
• With dead cats and dogs all round.
• We have ostriches, cats and dogs disappearing all over town.
• It's a fur mite that infests cats and dogs.
• All species with exception of cats and dogs
• We fight like cats and dogs but...