61.   Meteorological officials said the flooding was caused by a low pressure area building up in the southern part of the country.

62.   On Friday, a low pressure area is expected to develop over the Dominican Republic in the morning associated with considerable cloudiness.

63.   Strong southwest and south winds aloft associated with a low pressure area near Caracas, Venezuela, is tearing this wave apart preventing its development.

64.   The low pressure area and an associated cold front also carried scattered showers across parts of Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.

65.   The trough line is moving southeast pushed along by a nearly stationary building high pressure area centered north of the Bahamas this morning.

66.   There was no immediate assessment of the damage caused by the storm, brought on by a sudden low pressure area.

67.   This low pressure area is expected to move slowly eastward Friday along the north coast of Puerto Rico.

68.   Waterspouts, tornadoes over lakes or oceans, result when clouds form above bodies of water, creating a low pressure area and sucking water like a vacuum.

69.   Weathermen said the clouds and rain blanketed Luzon due to a tropical depression moving across the eastern Philippines and a low pressure area northwest of Manila.

70.   Meteorological services across the region are forecasting more snow storms, as another low pressure area is making its way towards the eastern Mediterranean.