11.   Glaciers move and polar ice packs break up as the earth warms, raising seas and threatening to flood coastal areas.

12.   In high numbers, they flood an area and may be very difficult to control.

13.   In Missouri, two storm systems the last two weeks have left the Mississippi swollen, flooding low-lying areas, officials said.

14.   In nearby San Jose, the rain-swollen Guadalupe River surged over its banks, flooding residential areas in the center of the city.

15.   In Kingman, people are just glad that peace has returned and that there are no more raids on houses and agents by the hundreds flooding the area.

16.   Incinerators are being set up throughout the region to dispose of the animals who drowned when the area was flooded by rains from Hurricane Floyd.

17.   It could affect the growing climate and potentially flood coastal areas by melting polar ice caps and raising ocean levels.

18.   Jacobo, trying to stop the tide of rubble flooding the area, grew desperate.

19.   Melting mountains of snow flooded wide areas, while homes and businesses suffered a plague of leaking roofs and collapses.

20.   Next to the train line, workers are reinforcing the foundation of the wall that keeps the Hudson River from flooding the area.