11.   After the waters subsided, several cadavers lay sprawled on muddy roads.

12.   As flood waters subsided, residents of this river town spent Saturday cleaning silt and sewage from their backyards and basements.

13.   As the waters subside, the big clear-up is now under way.

14.   But as the waters subsided, many residents already exhausted from fleeing the floods returned to destroyed crops and homes.

15.   But he was busily preparing for others who were just waiting for the waters to subside.

16.   However, he said the people were not evacuated as the flood waters subsided fast.

17.   It is only when the water has subsided a little that we will be able to pick out the beautiful buildings from the ugly ones.

18.   Many shacks are now islands in stagnant pools, their owners having abandoned them until the water subsides.

19.   Local military police deputy commander Pho Mongsan said by telephone that water had subsided enough Thursday morning to allow cargo trucks and four-wheel-drive vehicles through.

20.   More importantly, the demining teams have no idea where the old mines will be once the waters subside.