11.   Although the sixth flood crest since early July passed through the region with no reported troubles, the waters have receded slowly and are likely to rise again.

12.   Another flood crest, the fourth this year, was rushing down the Yangtze from Chongqing in Sichuan province, promising more high waters in the days ahead.

13.   Attention is now centred on an expected flood crest along the Illinois River, although the threat along the Missouri appears to have eased for the time being.

14.   By Tuesday night, the flood crest was passing the old trade town of Piacenza, home to columned Romanesque churches and a Botticelli painting.

15.   By Tuesday night, the flood crest was passing the old trade town of Piacenza, home to columned Romanesque churches and a Botticelli.

16.   Embankments, fortified by weeks of sandbagging, held back the record-high waters as the flood crest passed through, state media reported.

17.   Farther downstream, Jiangsu province has begun evacuating people living on islands in the Yangtze in anticipation of the flood crest.

18.   Flood crests on the Mississippi appear to be moving downriver ahead of schedule and not as high as expected.

19.   Illinois National Guardsmen, volunteers and prison inmates spent Sunday furiously sandbagging the Illinois River to prepare levees for an expected flood crest.

20.   In central China, flood crests converged Wednesday on the Yangtze and Han rivers where they meet in Wuhan, a regional industrial center.