1.   The new bridge was erected as a temporary measure to replace the one which was destroyed by floods.

2.   In the north, the floods destroyed vast banana plantations belonging to American companies and damaged coffee crops.

3.   The floods destroyed dozens of shrimp farms and melon plantations in the south.

4.   As the recent floods destroyed tens of thousands of homes, only one of the reinforced houses were damaged.

5.   Dozens of houses were completely destroyed by floods earlier this week.

6.   Floods have destroyed most of the harvested reserves and freshly planted sorghum, a staple grain crop.

7.   Floods on Wednesday destroyed a railway line near Daqing, where China gets more than one-third of its domestic oil supply.

8.   Homes and food gardens in villages across the Lake Murray district between the Fly and Strickland Rivers have been destroyed by floods following months of heavy rain.

9.   Hundreds of mourners on Friday remembered a senior Somali aid worker who was killed by gunmen while trying to rebuild roads destroyed by floods.

10.   In less than a day, the floods destroyed hundreds of homes, leaving people stranded in the Himalayan foothills.