21.   Even though monsoon rains have flooded it several times this season, many people still travel across the river in rowboats crowded with passengers and their goods.

22.   He said spring wells, the only source of drinking water in the vicinity, have been dirtied after a heavy rain flooded the area last week.

23.   Heavy rains flooded fields and overflowed river banks, officials said.

24.   Heavy rains flooded main streets and caused power outrages in downtown areas Monday bringing the capital to a virtual standstill.

25.   Heavy rains flooded medieval towns in the Yugoslav republic of Montenegro on Thursday, forcing evacuations and endangering historic monuments.

26.   Heavy rains flooded streets and homes, brought down trees, and caused some dividing walls to collapse onto homes in southwestern Mexico, authorities there said.

27.   Heavy monsoon rains flooded hundreds of villages in northern Bangladesh, killing at least four people and leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless, the government said Sunday.

28.   Heavy rains also flooded the neighboring Czech Republic overnight Thursday, killing an elderly man.

29.   Heavy rains also flooded the neighboring Czech Republic overnight Thursday, killing three people, including an elderly man, Czech television said.

30.   Heavy rains flooded main streets and caused power outages in downtown areas Monday, bringing the capital to a virtual standstill.