1.   Only the roofs of houses could be seen above the water in the nearby town of Chenglingji, where the Yangtze has breached dikes.

2.   Preparations to deliberately breach dikes and flood more farmland along the Yangtze to protect cities downstream were put on hold after the latest flood crest passed.

3.   Despite that, dikes have been breached in several places along the Dongting lakes, which connect to the Yangtze at their northern end.

4.   Despite the efforts, one dike was breached and water poured into the town of Ochten.

5.   Dikes have been breached in several places, and authorities worry others weakened by near incessant rain could collapse under pressure from the swollen river.

6.   Heavy rains last week sent avalanches down the slopes of Pinatubo, breaching dikes and threatening previously unaffected communities.

7.   Rain-swollen rivers have already breached dikes and overwhelmed banks in Hunan province.

8.   Ten people drowned and three people were eletrocuted in the rice-growing province of Pangasinan, where two river dikes were breached.

9.   Volcanic mudlfows from Mount Pinatubo have breached dikes built to stop them from rampaging towards towns and villages and have reached previously unaffected areas, scientists warned Tuesday.