11.   Lack of rain for the past four months has compounded the power situation, as farmers are using more electricity to run irrigation pumps.

12.   Many people also have no water because there is no power to run pumps.

13.   Most gasoline stations shut because there was no electricity to run the pumps.

14.   The Ministry of Agiculture estimates the money would be needed to buy fuel and electricity to run water pumps and pay for the labor.

15.   There is no gasoline or diesel to generate electricity to run pumps so there is no running water.

16.   Utility crews worked to restore water, electrical and phone service, while in Ouistreham, police ran pumps to keep the water from rising further.

17.   U.N. spokesman Herve Gourmelon said the lack of electricity also had jeopardized water supply to the city because most water stations were without power needed to run the pumps.

18.   Aidid said he had urged and received assurance from several Somali businessmen that they would buy fuel to run the pumps for at least one month.

19.   Water supplies are fitful because there is not enough electricity to run pumps.

20.   Queues formed outside gasoline stations, and hospitals said they were running out of water because there was no electricity to run their pumps.