11.   And drinking, dancing and merrymaking overflowed its banks.

12.   Back then, the area was an alluvial plain, covered with lush ferns and rich grasses, watered by monsoon rains and rivers that constantly overflowed their banks.

13.   But a church and several homes in Union County were still inundated when melting ice caused a creek to overflow its banks.

14.   But people like him are always redefining the mainstream, pumping the tributaries full of brackish water until the mainstream overflows its banks.

15.   But the Izapa River overflowed its banks here and washed away the Pan-American Highway, the main land link between northwest Nicaragua and the rest of the country.

16.   Creeks were overflowing their banks and officials were worried that rivers in the western Panhandle would begin flooding in the next several days.

17.   Friday, many streams and creeks in eastern Pennsylvania overflowed their banks as another bout of heavy rain struck the Middle Atlantic and interior Northeast.

18.   In Sonoma County north of San Francisco, the Russian River overflowed its banks and sent residents fleeing for higher ground.

19.   It was waist-deep in parts of East Brewton, Ala., and Flomaton, Ala., early Tuesday evening as creeks and rivers overflowed their banks.

20.   Lake Pontchartrain overflowed its banks, flooding a major highway and destroying the historic seafood restaurant Brunings.