1.   The muddy floodwaters had receded considerably since the Guadalupe River crested at record levels in many areas on Tuesday.

2.   Only tree tops and straw roofs poke out of the muddy floodwaters where villages once were.

3.   In a broad landscape of flooding north of the capital of Santo Domingo, villages became islands surrounded by miles of muddy floodwaters.

4.   Large parts of Jakarta remained muddy floodwaters Sunday despite a lull in torrential rains that have swamped the city for a week.

5.   Muddy floodwaters turned streets into violent rivers, sweeping away roads and bridges and tearing down walls from concrete houses.

6.   Residents of the rural area climbed onto roofs and into trees to escape rising muddy floodwaters, La Tribune newspaper reported.