1.   The majority of those left homeless by the raging floodwaters were members of the parish.

2.   Tropical storm Alberto, whose remnants unloosed record rains and raging floodwaters on parts of Georgia in the last few days, is a classic case.

3.   A soaked survivor dangles above raging floodwaters on a rope ladder suspended from a helicopter.

4.   A man was plucked from the roof on his car as rescue crews feared he was about to be swept away by raging floodwater.

5.   Highways linking the Los Cabos resorts to the rest of the peninsula were cut off by raging floodwaters, said civil defense spokesman Miguel Angel Araos.

6.   In Chiapas, raging floodwaters swept away the homes of thousands of people.

7.   More than two months after her home was swept away by raging floodwaters, Caroline Sotho surveyed her life from a crude shelter of wood and plastic.

8.   The government also denies it released water to ease pressure on a dam upstream, accidentally helping to bury parts of the town under raging floodwaters.

9.   TV footage showed five bodies in the mud of raging floodwaters.

10.   Controversial Australian politician Graeme Campbell has survived after his vehicle was washed down a river in raging floodwaters in the Western Australian outback.