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

52.   Streams in the hills that surround Philipsburg burst their banks Friday, flooding some main roads with up to two feet of water.

53.   Swollen rivers burst their banks in the southern province of Limburg this week triggering expansive flooding.

54.   That runoff then coursed through Dutch rivers, causing some to burst their banks.

55.   Taliban officials said Iran closed the gates at a dam on the Iranian side of the border, causing it to burst its banks.

56.   The Brahmaputra River burst its banks at many places and flooded large parts of a northwestern town Wednesday, bringing more deaths and disease, officials said.

57.   The latest floods hit Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts when the Mahananda river burst its banks after heavy rains.

58.   The lower Zambezi has already burst its banks and flooded the town of Marromeu, where state radio said Tuesday the water was waist deep in places.

59.   The Po already had burst its banks at points.

60.   The Nene was expected to burst its banks along a wide area of the city, and hundreds of properties were likely to be hit.