71.   Although Hezbollah rockets are landing there, these villages have few shelters and none of the residents have been told to evacuate.

72.   And many convents still remain from the days when each little village had a parochial school taught by nuns.

73.   Bechis said that outlying villages had no electricity after electricity pylons collapsed.

74.   Before the flood, the village had no permanent dike, so residents had to work fast when the water started to rise.

75.   But Guevara says the village still has a long way to go.

76.   Decades ago, the village had more people.

77.   Each village has a story of belied hopes, each family a story of deprivation.

78.   Each village will have three public telephones.

79.   Few villages have electricity, telephones or running water.

80.   Five years ago, the village had three bars and three stores.