31.   Heavy rain is expected in the same regions of east Texas that have already received their annual quota of precipitation, so flooding is possible.

32.   However, rainfall was prodigious and flooding was extensive.

33.   In Biloxi, there was also flooding.

34.   Indeed, most flooding was not even in the flood plain.

35.   Most other trees and shrubs, however, need air in their root zone and should not be used where flooding is likely.

36.   On Ocracoke Island, flooding was widespread and islanders remained without power Wednesday.

37.   So, some critics ask, why should U.S. submariners still be restricted in their ability to seek help if a fire or flooding were to cripple their vessel?

38.   There can be flooding.

39.   There was also flooding in Connecticut and on Long Island, and people were evacuated along the tip of the island.

40.   There was flooding in North Carolina, pestilence in New York.