41.   But a lot of silt was suspended in the flood water, said Torfason, who noted that its effects were unknown.

42.   But now that the flood waters have ravished Pennsylvania, he has changed his mind.

43.   But one person did point out that flood waters prevented people from getting from one end of campus to the other, and that telephone service was affected.

44.   But the mood is more stoic than optimistic as residents and officials face a monumental mess created by the flood waters.

45.   Commercial barges began to stir in the Ohio and Illinois rivers as flood waters slowly recede.

46.   Collins said flood waters widened the New River more than a quarter-mile beyond its normal banks in places.

47.   Damage in Florida was less severe than in Georgia, but most of the flood water eventually made its way south to Apalachicola Bay.

48.   Doctors were also busy filling prescriptions for diabetes and hypertension medicines lost or left behind in the flood waters.

49.   Elsewhere, flood waters engulfed dozens of homes along the Rio Ozama, the river that runs through the capital.

50.   Entire sections of Central America remain cut off by flood waters.