1.   By the time the airline system had struggled to get going again, the chaos had spread.

2.   Telephone lines were down in several parts of India while chaos spread through train stations and airports as people became desperate to travel to Gujarat.

3.   The unrest has left the nation on edge, fearful that the chaos could spread to other cities prone to such sectarian violence.

4.   If chaos spreads in the Palestinian areas, the violence will likely escalate, the ambassador said.

5.   As the violent storms swept eastwards, the chaos spread across southern England.