31.   And Wednesday the centers themselves were threatened by flood waters.

32.   And then came the rising flood waters, which Dakotans and their neighbors in Minnesota had been battling to contain for weeks, building a towering wall of sandbags.

33.   Areas will be re-evaluated every day and opened as flood waters recede completely and residents can get back in and secure all their belongings.

34.   At the mouth of the Salinas River last week, artichoke growers in the town of Castroville struggled to pump flood water from their soggy fields.

35.   At least three graves in Pinetops have been ripped apart by flood waters.

36.   At least two Red Cross shelters were opened Thursday, where refugees from the flood waters could receive clothing and food.

37.   A makeshift bridge of planks led from the dry elevated road, over the flood water, to the rooftops.

38.   A National Guardsman near Utica, Ind., took a break from filling sandbags on Thursday as flood waters endangered the whole area.

39.   Across the region, the flood waters have covered a million acres of farmland and soaked thousands of homes and businesses.

40.   After the previous flooding, the landlord had given the tenants a large vacuum cleaner to suction out the flood waters.