1.   Many coastal cities face the prospect of disastrous flooding.

2.   The city is facing many claims for wrongful arrest, totalling millions of dollars.

3.   A spokesman for the National Rivers Authority said the city could face further problems if the snow on higher ground begins to melt quickly.

4.   Also, the memorandum said the city could face unlimited costs in removing any hazardous wastes on the site.

5.   And the U.S. candidate city could face heavy competition from European capitals like Paris, London, Madrid, Berlin and Moscow.

6.   Asheville Mayor Leni Sitnick said her tourism-dependent city faces economic doom unless the pollution problem is solved.

7.   Bogus as was the premise, panic was afoot in Seattle, where the city faced the prospect of losing major league baseball for a second time.

8.   Almost everyone interviewed agreed the city faces a critical housing shortage.

9.   But authority officials said they have met legal requirements and must move quickly, or the city could face a crippling shortage of electricity next summer.

10.   But the city is facing a fiscal crisis that has already led to sharp cutbacks in services.