1.   As everywhere in the tropics, the rainfall is distributed unevenly so that during the rainy period the daily downpours cause floods.

2.   The Environment Agency warns that even modest rainfall could cause more floods because the ground is so waterlogged.

3.   The flood was caused by a blocked drain.

4.   And some talked about how man himself had caused the flood, channeling the river.

5.   Another ACLU official, Gregory T. Nojeim, predicted that the new guidelines would cause a flood of new information that the bureau will have trouble analyzing.

6.   A reward might cause a flood of dubious leads, investigators said.

7.   During the rainy season, water flowing down the barren mountain causes floods in the city and in Tayrona.

8.   El Nino is caused by unusually warm weather currents from the south Pacific, which can cause floods, droughts and reduce fish catches in Peru.

9.   I admit that I must have caused this flood of junk mail by occasionally buying merchandise out of catalogs.

10.   In other parts of the country, the storm caused floods across the South and spread thick, clinging ice across the Northeast and the eastern third of Canada.