1.   At the bigger shelters, the sheer volume of unwanted animals overwhelms workers.

2.   But the supplies quickly ran out as relief workers were overwhelmed by hungry and frantic Palestinians.

3.   The alliance is also mounting emergency relief efforts in Macedonia and Albania, where tides of hungry and desperate refugees have overwhelmed aid workers.

4.   The big turnout, at least at some precincts, overwhelmed poll workers.

5.   The refugees who have returned home since Friday have overwhelmed aid workers here, near the northern shore of Lake Kivu.

6.   The relief workers are often overwhelmed by the scale of the Serb-instigated tidal wave that dislocated a million Kosovar Albanians, he said.

7.   Forced out of Srebrenica by Serbs, a huge influx of exhausted, hungry refugees overwhelmed aid workers Friday.

8.   The scale of the humanitarian crisis has overwhelmed aid workers.