11.   Flooded rivers made water undrinkable in western and southern areas, officials were quoted the state news agency Rompres as saying.

12.   Illegal immigrants also stream in, braving flooded rivers and lion-filled game reserves to cross the porous border in search of jobs in the new El Dorado.

13.   In another accident in Indonesia, an overcrowded bus plunged into a flooded river Tuesday, killing eight people, Antara said.

14.   In the southernmost state of Chiapas, two elderly men drowned while trying to cross a flooded river on horseback while drunk, officials said.

15.   Included in the toll was a missing child who was presumed drowned after being swept away in a flooded river.

16.   Last Saturday, two men were missing after the flooded Zavaza river in northeast Hungary washed away a bridge.

17.   Lommers said the dikes were safe in eastern lowland areas, and flooded rivers were dropping.

18.   Neighboring Zimbabwe reported Tuesday its air force sent helicopters to the northeast border with Mozambique to locate villagers stranded by flooded rivers.

19.   Officials at the Flood Forecast and Warning Center said three flooded rivers were returning to safe levels after emergency efforts to widen their banks.

20.   One man was killed as he fell into a flooded river, and another motorist was swept into the sea from a coastal highway and listed as missing.