11.   Its mission is to dislodge a mile-long ice jam whose mass threatens a five-span steel bridge and whose presence could cause floods upstream.

12.   Melting snow is expected to cause floods in part of the region.

13.   The heavier rain that results is more likely to cause floods that not only kill people but also overwhelm drinking-water purification systems.

14.   The flood was caused by Hurricane Mitch, which worked its way across this bedeviled land in late October.

15.   The report caused a flood of phone calls to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and other Fort Worth-Dallas media outlets and became a national story.

16.   The recent gains have caused a flood of imported gasoline.

17.   The world as a whole would become rainier, with most of the increase coming in the big downpours that cause floods.

18.   Though the storm was far out at sea, torrential rains hit Costa Rica, causing floods that killed seven people.

19.   Tough-on-crime advocates say any easing up on the rules would cause a flood of new appeals in federal courts, many of them frivolous.

20.   What was left of the storm then moved east and north, causing floods as far north as Pennsylvania.