11.   Water pumped from flooded basements nearby coursed past his feet toward the river.

12.   People evacuated in the neighboring Przemysl province had all returned home, and firefighters were called to pump out flooded basements in Krosno region, PAP said.

13.   A local bridge collapsed and firefighters were pumping water from flooded basements on Saturday in some southern Polish mountain villages, after rivers overflowed following heavy rain.

14.   Authorities in suburban Fairfax said a man and his daughter drowned in the flooded basement of their home after the torrential rain late Tuesday.

15.   Crews in downtown Houston were still pumping out flooded basements and residents were piling stacks of ruined belongings outside their homes.

16.   Firefighters were repeatedly called to pump out water from flooded basements but the Oder River level did not rise.

17.   Houston Mayor Lee Brown said one of the deaths was a woman who drowned in a downtown office building when an elevator took her into a flooded basement.

18.   In the Steiermark region southwest of Vienna, police reported the storm knocked out electric power, toppled trees, flooded basements and damaged roofs in the Radkersburg district.

19.   In the southern regions of Tarnow and Bielsko-Biala firefighters were still pumping water from flooded basements and filling holes in dikes after local streams overflowed on Saturday.

20.   As they opened the elevator door they were overcome by the water in the flooded basement.