31.   Dale blew across Guam last week, toppling posts and causing floods.

32.   Danny was the only one of the seven to hit land, coming in from the Gulf of Mexico and causing floods in parts of the South.

33.   Deforestation, meanwhile, is causing floods which damage irrigation systems.

34.   Embratel President Dilio Penedo also blamed companies that raffled cars or offered discounts to attract customers, which caused a flood of calls that jammed circuits.

35.   Government officials in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state, said the floods were caused by heavy monsoon rains that overflowed the Krishna river.

36.   Heavy monsoon rains in the past week have caused floods in several parts of peninsular Malaysia.

37.   Heavy rains since Saturday night caused floods in three small towns and numerous villages near Van, but no other casualties were reported.

38.   Heavy rain and snow in Georgia have caused floods that killed at least three people, wrecked roads and forced evacuation of some mountain villages, officials said Tuesday.

39.   Heavy rains have caused floods in northern and central Italy, forcing scores of people to evacuate their homes.

40.   Heavy rains since early this week have caused floods everywhere in the coastal regencies in the southern end of West Sumatra, said the daily newspaper Kompas.