1.   Denied its usual egress, the river had burst its banks and was pouring down the fire-ravaged streets.

2.   There were torrential rains, rivers burst their banks and flooded standing crops, churches were struck by lightning in heavy thunderstorms.

3.   The river burst its banks, and hundreds of Londoners were flooded out after the worst rain for twenty years.

4.   Monsoons caused the river to burst its banks.

5.   The river burst its banks, submerging an entire village.

6.   Streets became rivers as rivers burst their banks in Newport Pagnell.

7.   Some rural communities were cut off when rivers burst their banks and washed away bridges and roads.

8.   Planes were dropping food packages in Bartin, where a river burst its banks, and local officials were delivering bread to inundated houses with small boats.

9.   At least nine rivers burst their banks, flooding village after village and ruining rice paddy crops, the center said.

10.   Enormous loss of life has occurred in the past when the river burst its banks.