11.   The Netherlands is bearing the downstream brunt of storms and flooding that battered parts of Germany, France and Belgium this past week.

12.   The storm system is the same one that battered parts of the Southeast earlier in the week.

13.   Heavy winds and rains battered parts of the northeastern United States Sunday, as floods and gusting winds left throusands without power, officials said.

14.   Hurricane Marilyn battered parts of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and gathered strength Friday as it churned toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.