11.   Another reporter at the scene said the missile flattened several houses and others were badly damaged.

12.   Eight people were buried alive when a violent explosion believed caused by gas flattened a house in this eastern French town, firemen said early Saturday.

13.   Every house there was flattened and coconut and banana plantations were decimated.

14.   Every house there was flattened and coconut and banana plantations appeared to have been sawn off.

15.   Every house there was flattened and coconut and banana plantations decimated.

16.   Fifty eight other families had to be evacuated after their houses were flattened.

17.   The storms swept through three districts late Tuesday, flattening houses, snapping power and telephone lines, and damaging crops, it said.

18.   The storms swept through several districts late Friday and early Saturday, flattening houses, snapping power and telephone lines and damaging crops, the station said.

19.   Several houses were flattened.

20.   Some residents said five houses had been flattened but reporters at the site saw evidence of only three.