91.   It was not clear if the floods also hit major hotel areas on Tenerife, a popular Spanish tourist island located off the northwest coast of Africa.

92.   It was the third to hit the area in a week.

93.   It was the second to hit the area.

94.   Joblessness has hit rural areas hard and unemployment pay is meager.

95.   Looting and riots fueled by climbing food prices have hit several areas in recent weeks.

96.   Looting and riots have hit several areas in recent weeks.

97.   Meteorologists said the rain is from a tropical depression and was so heavy that some drought areas have been hit by flash floods.

98.   Monmouth County Emergency Management Coordinator Harry Conover told the Asbury Park Press that he believed the area was hit by a tornado.

99.   Most of the residents in the city were sleeping as the earthquake hit the area in the predawn hours, thus making the situation worse.

100.   Most of the shelling, however, was aimed at government positions, although several shells hit civilian areas in the city.