1.   But the inability to approve vital construction funds for a state that still has eight state highways underwater more than two months after flooding began baffles him.

2.   A dozen other people died in northern Vietnam when flooding began there in August.

3.   As flooding begins to recede in northern India, aid workers are preparing for the tough task of saving millions at risk from disease.

4.   Xinhua reported that flooding had begun along the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and that a flood crest would sweep through the eastern coastal province of Shandong.