31.   Eyewitness told The Associated Press that scores of houses have collapsed and that several quarters around Omdurman are surrounded by water.

32.   Four farming families had been evacuated in the area by Tuesday after a half-dozen farms were surrounded by water.

33.   Helicopters also delivered food to hundreds of people stranded on a dike surrounded by water.

34.   In Pontoosuc, Ill., where there is no levee, water had already surrounded some houses.

35.   In Pontoosuc, Ill., where there is no levee, water had surrounded some houses Monday.

36.   Obuchi was also expected to ask China to stop sending research ships to waters surrounding disputed East China Sea islands now under Japanese control.

37.   Tens of thousands more are stranded on small patches of high land surrounded by water, virtually inaccessible by road or airplane.

38.   Tens of thousands more are stranded on small patches of high land surrounded by water, virtually inaccessible by road or air.

39.   The authorities could not reach a number of villages in the province as they were surrounded by water, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.

40.   The runway juts into Kowloon Bay and is surrounded by water.