1.   Then, she returned to shovel mud out of her house.

2.   All through the river valley, people shoveled mud and cleared debris.

3.   In the meantime, however, residents are taking matters into their own hands, shoveling mud and rebuilding with the help of international volunteers.

4.   On Friday, soldiers used bulldozers to clear Badajoz streets of debris, while residents shoveled mud from their homes and tossed out their ruined possessions.

5.   The government sent down Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore, who shoveled mud for the cameras and slept in a tent.

6.   Tree trunks had plunged through first-floor windows, mud engulfed vehicles and people shoveled mud and used buckets to bail out their homes.

7.   Villagers were clearing their houses Monday, shoveling mud and hanging blankets and clothes out to dry.