1.   The flooding forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes.

2.   Also, the flooding forced some growers to quickly harvest salvageable crops.

3.   The flooding could force up fruit and vegetable prices because of a loss of crops to flood damage, Aninat said.

4.   The flooding forced GUC to relocate its emergency operations center to its downtown office.

5.   Hurricane Opal meandered Monday over the southern Gulf of Mexico, strengthening slightly and causing extensive flooding that forced tens of thousands of coastal residents from their homes.

6.   In Cornwall county in southwest England, localized flooding on Saturday forced the closure of one lane of a bridge taking traffic over the Tamar River into Devon.

7.   North Korea is worried about how it will feed its people after severe flooding forced the government to reduce rice rations nationwide, a Red Cross official said Monday.

8.   On the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, widespread flooding forced nine families to be evacuated from their homes and all schools were closed Friday.

9.   Severe flooding forced families out of dozens of homes in Wales and southern England.

10.   Severe flooding forced people to flee resort communities in the hills north of San Francisco.