Periodic downpours turned trickling brooks into life-threatening whitewater.But the rains also transformed a landscape of yellow, gray and brown into a verdant expanse of vegetation.

• 三不五时就降下的倾盆大雨，使潺潺小溪变成夺命湍流，不过雨水也将黄、灰、棕色的地表转变成一片绿色植被。