41.   Residents were forced to abandon plans to dry out soggy belongings amid fears the rains could cause already swollen rivers to burst their banks.

42.   Rivers burst their banks and residents feared the wet weather could last through midweek.

43.   Rain-swollen rivers burst their banks, flooding several villages, overflowing town centers and blocking roads Wednesday in northeast and central France.

44.   Rivers burst their banks, thousands of homes were damaged and more than a dozen people died.

45.   Sections of Jakarta were paralyzed as rivers and streams burst their banks after days of torrential rains.

46.   Rivers burst their banks and Belgians feared the wet weather could last through midweek.

47.   Search efforts continued Saturday for three missing people in Tochigi, after a river burst its banks Thursday.

48.   Severe flooding in northern Croatia caused rivers to burst their banks Tuesday, closing down factories and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes.

49.   Spokesman Luke Banda said the southern Shire river burst its banks after nearly a month of torrential seasonal rains, washing away mud homes, crops and livestock.

50.   State-run Iranian television earlier reported that heavy rains during the past week caused rivers to burst their banks, flooding large areas.