21.   At Bedeford, north Devon, people were evacuated from their homes as a dam holding back flood water overflowed.

22.   AS the January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen, many questions were left unanswered.

23.   Norfolk police, too, reported that the flood waters were abating and in Kent the high tide came and went with no need for evacuation.

24.   Along Monterey Bay, flood waters mixed with raw sewage from overwhelmed treatment plants have inundated vast areas.

25.   Also, sudden releases from ice jams that abruptly dislodge can send flood waters rushing downstream.

26.   An extra foot of flood water can spread over a large area.

27.   Among the important functions they serve are providing habitat for wildlife, filtering polluted water and absorbing flood waters.

28.   And despite flood waters and fog at the mouth of the Columbia River, the luxury yacht made it without a scrape through areas most big boats cannot negotiate.

29.   And one man was found dead Wednesday day after being swept from his car into the Trinity River by flood waters at the edge of downtown.

30.   And the flood waters of the Limpopo and other rivers have started to recede, officials said Saturday.