11.   A timeworn ferry struggles against the flow of the Saigon River, chugging upstream so it can make a straight course across the filthy water to the other bank.

12.   But the filthy water that swamped the area after Hurricane Floyd has put the future of the businesses in doubt.

13.   The filthy water has left many people with a brain disease, Japanese encephalitis, that occurs in rice-growing areas, Wahiya said.

14.   The situation worsens during the monsoon, when small lanes and shanties built alongside high-rise buildings are flooded with filthy water due to choked drains.