1.   After ravaging the high ground, rising waters burst a dam near Augsburg and flooded the groundfloor of a hospital in Neu Ulm late Saturday.

2.   At Mostar, where the Neretva River burst a dam Wednesday and threatened to flood the city, the water level was subsiding.

3.   Bridges washed out, roads collapsed and dams burst after the region was hit with a deluge of water.

4.   Elsewhere, the danger eased Thursday from floodwaters that had forced the evacuation of French troops near the southwestern city of Mostar, where a river burst a dam.

5.   Its contents flowed in Lake Tomahawk in Byram, bursting its dam.

6.   The Neretva River in southwestern Bosnia burst a dam north of the city of Mostar and a second dam was threatened by the raging torrents.

7.   Across the border in northeastern Nigeria, torrential rains were also threatening to burst a dam north of Maidugure, according to witness reports.

8.   Bridges were swept away, dams burst and rivers overflowed, particularly in the provinces of Mpumalanga, North and KwaZulu-Natal, the sources said.