1.   A dam burst and flooded their villages.

2.   Rice farmers in central Java have staged protests about the compensation they were offered after their village was flooded by a dam development.

3.   The government intentionally blasted dikes and flooded some villages in order to reduce water levels in urban centers downstream.

4.   Then rising water levels probably flooded the village and sealed the remains under a protective layer of clay.

5.   United Nations officials say urgent action will be needed in the next few years to prevent the lakes from flooding villages downstream.

6.   When bearded gunmen flooded the little village soon after, Mercer and Curry despaired.

7.   A dam collapsed in northern Syria Tuesday, causing the water to flood several villages, the official news agency reported.

8.   A river in northwest Romania burst its banks, flooding nine villages and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people early Thursday.

9.   Around the eastern city of Liege, reservoirs in the Ardennes hills had to release excess waters, further swelling rivers below and flooding several villages.

10.   At least nine rivers burst their banks, flooding village after village and ruining rice paddy crops, the center said.