11.   German Defense Minister Volker Ruehe ordered the army to stay on after the floods recede to help with cleanup and rebuilding efforts.

12.   In South Korea, thousands of residents returned to their mud-caked homes as floods receded.

13.   Streets in the eastern districts of Wroclaw that stood under one meter of water Sunday night were dry Monday as the floods gradually receded.

14.   The army has been ordered to stay on after the floods recede to help with cleanup and rebuilding efforts.

15.   The Center said floods receded in five southern districts, but the situation to the north is still critical.

16.   Thousands of residents there returned to their mud-caked homes as floods receded.

17.   However removal of the shanties would allow the floods to recede in about an hour.

18.   The government was also seeking rice seeds and fuel to pump water out from paddy-fields when the floods recede, he said.