1.   Hernandez thinks back on the flood every year in the second week of June.

2.   Bangladesh is a delta region ravaged by floods every year.

3.   Bangladesh, a low lying delta nation, is buffeted by cyclones and floods every year, killing hundreds of people.

4.   Bangladesh, a tropical delta nation, is buffeted by cyclones and floods every year and hundreds of people are killed.

5.   But it is uncertain whether the North will be able to avoid floods this year.

6.   China was devastated by floods this year.

7.   Its economic slide was accelerated by floods this year and last that destroyed thousands of acres of farm land, resulting in an acute food shortage bordering on famine.

8.   Its economic slide was accelerated by floods this year and last that destroyed thousands of acres of farm land, resulting in a food shortage bordering on famine.

9.   It is uncertain whether the North will be able to avoid floods this year.

10.   North Korea was hit by severe floods this year and last that have destroyed much of the harvest and swept away tens of thousands of homes.