21.   In Africa, Algeria, Mozambique and Zambia were hit by spring floods, while Somalia and Ethiopia continued to experience severe drought.

22.   It plans to distribute funds collected for needy families in wake of spring floods that destroyed many homes in eastern Hungary.

23.   It was swollen by late spring floods when the raft overturned.

24.   Loneliness, depression claim elderly ousted by spring floods.

25.   Spring floods washed over two far-flung regions of Russia on Tuesday, causing some damage but no reported casualties, the ITAR-Tass news agency said.

26.   Southern China had continuous rain this winter, with rivers in Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces suffering the biggest spring floods, Xinhua said.

27.   That raises the possibility that spring floods could transport more oil into the salmon-rich Pechora River, which flows into the Barents Sea, the commission said.

28.   The plane carried civil defense experts who were flying over the Ural River to check the threat of spring floods, the ITAR-Tass news agency said.

29.   The spring floods and the start of the agricultural season usually bring an upsurge in the dangerous finds.