1.   Police roadblocks dot the area, but Albanian claims of continuing police bombardment and hunger among trapped villagers have not been independently confirmed because of limited access for outsiders.

2.   Thousands of soldiers and police have been sent to rescue tens of thousands of trapped villagers and repair damage to highways, railroads and power and water supplies.

3.   U.N. peacekeepers drove in a convoy of white vehicles to the village of Mansouri southeast of Tyre on Sunday to evacuate trapped villagers.

4.   Hundreds of trapped villagers fled by ship Tuesday from volcanos erupting by the blackened and deserted port town of Rabaul in eastern Papua New Guinea.

5.   Life boats were also pressed into service to rescue trapped villagers.

6.   Life boats were also used to rescue trapped villagers.

7.   Television showed soldiers and police officers in inflatable boats amid the rooftops of submerged houses to rescue trapped villagers in Munsan, Paju and other northern counties.

8.   Television showed soldiers and police officers in inflatable boats amid the rooftops of submerged houses, trying to rescue trapped villagers.