11.   On the stretch of beach at Far Rockaway where the girls entered the water, three people drowned last year, according to Parks Department officials.

12.   People have drowned under smaller waves.

13.   Several people have drowned trying to cross the border.

14.   Seven people drowned when their car apparently slipped into gear and rolled into the water.

15.   Seven people drowned in Kentucky and two in Ohio, and hundreds of people had to flee their homes.

16.   Several of the areas where people drowned, particularly along Brush Creek, have been problem spots for years.

17.   Ten people drowned.

18.   Twenty people drowned, some trying to swim ashore with pockets stuffed with silver.

19.   Ajad saw several people drown and severed limbs floating in the water, the newspaper reported.

20.   An overloaded ferry crossing the Nile river in the southern province of Minya sank Thursday, and police feared that more than fifty people had drowned.