21.   A canal in the southeastern part of the island burst its banks for the second time Tuesday and swept away a house with four people inside.

22.   A lagoon swollen by heavy rains burst its banks in mid-February and swept over the Mampuesto cemetery, gouging the dead from the ground.

23.   A river in northwest Romania burst its banks, flooding nine villages and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people early Thursday.

24.   A section of Edinburgh was cordoned off Sunday after a canal burst its banks, sending millions of gallons of water spewing into the streets.

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

26.   Authorities opened dikes to ease the threat from the Po, which at points burst its banks.

27.   At the old Lombard farm center of Cremona, the Po burst its banks, flooding vacant homes.

28.   Earlier this week in the western province of Tete, the river Ncondedzi, a tributary of the Zambezi, burst its banks, inundating peasant crops.

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

30.   Floods engulfed hundreds of houses across Eastern Europe Thursday, forcing thousands to be evacuated as rivers from Slovenia to Romania burst their banks.