41.   Many people have moved to embankments and other high ground to flee the floods that ruined rice paddy crops, roads and railroad tracks and washed away highway bridges.

42.   Meanwhile, the government has appealed to donor countries and agencies for help following massive damage to the rice crop and to basic infrastructure.

43.   Meanwhile, the government warned of possible food supply problems early next year because the drought has delayed planting of new rice crops.

44.   Millions of ravenous rats in Thai Binh have been devouring rice crops by the acre.

45.   Much of the summer rice crop will be lost, although officials are still not sure how much can be salvaged.

46.   Mostly, he inspected the rice crop, provided for agricultural inputs, and looked into problems.

47.   North Korea reported late Sunday that its rice crop has been afflicted by the deadly storm that lashed the peninsula over the weekend.

48.   No major damage has been reported because farmers had already completed harvesting their summer-autumn rice crop before the floods started last month, officials said.

49.   No major agricultural damage has been reported since farmers had almost completed harvesting their summer-autumn rice crop before the floods began.

50.   Recent flooding has destroyed a significant portion of the rice crop, although no accurate numbers detailing the damage had yet been made available by the government.