31.   At least two people drowned and two were missing over the weekend in heavy flooding in several cities.

32.   Earlier, another man had frozen to death and seven people had drowned after being swept away from floods.

33.   Earlier, officials said survivors reported eight people had drowned in a storm and when the boat ran aground, and another six died of dehydration on Flamingo Cay.

34.   Eight people drowned, some apparently while trying to escape flooded vehicles, and one person was killed in a lightning strike, authorities said.

35.   Eleven people drowned in the Blue Nile after a wooden ferry struck a rock and capsized, the daily Al-Ingaz al-Watani reported Thursday.

36.   Eleven people drowned in the Blue Nile after a wooden ferry struck a rock and capsized, a newspaper reported Thursday.

37.   Fifteen people drowned when they tried to cross a river to a gold mining site in central Vietnam, local police said Monday.

38.   Fifteen people were feared drowned when an overcrowded boat sank in the Ganges River in northern India on Monday.

39.   Five more people drowned Monday in central Jamalpur and northern Gaibandha districts, Daily Star newspaper reported.

40.   Flood waters began receding Saturday in Davao city, a major regional center, where two people drowned and two others remained missing.