1.   Also on Long Island, the Suffolk County Executive, Robert J. Gaffney, urged oceanfront residents of Fire Island to leave.

2.   And a radio station urged residents who wanted to express themselves to call City Hall.

3.   But officials urged residents to seek refuge inland with relatives or families because shelters can be uncomfortable, especially if electricity outages knock out air conditioning.

4.   Even in the closing hours of polling caravans of pro-democracy candidates crawled through housing developments trailed by pro-Beijing hopefuls, loudspeakers of both groups urging residents to vote.

5.   Los Angeles city Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey urged residents everywhere to clear brush from their property.

6.   Ten years ago, the African National Congress was urging the residents of Soweto and other black townships to stop paying their rent, electricity and water bills.

7.   The mayor and the health commissioner urged city residents and tourists not to be apprehensive about visiting the park after the pesticide treatment has been completed.

8.   The Israeli army urged residents of the Balata camp who were not fighters to flee.

9.   Pastrana appealed for international help, including tents and tarps for the homeless, and his government urged local residents whose homes survived to take in refugees.

10.   Parts of the Montreal were without water because electric pumps were not working, and officials urged residents to boil their water and reduce consumption.