41.   Cars had washed up against her backyard, presumably carried by a swollen river nearby.

42.   Cars were swept into her back yard, presumably by a swollen river nearby.

43.   Deaths from floods that have submerged much of central and southern China are rising even as waters in swollen rivers and lakes have receded, official media reported Thursday.

44.   Deaths from floods that have submerged much of central and southern China are rising even as waters in swollen rivers and lakes have receded.

45.   Dikes have been breached in several places, and authorities worry others weakened by near incessant rain could collapse under pressure from the swollen river.

46.   Downstream from the Dutch flood drama, swollen rivers receded Wednesday in France and Germany.

47.   Dozens of people were rescued from rooftops of homes along the swollen river by helicopters and boats.

48.   Each monsoon season, swollen rivers wash up poisonous snakes that kill several people.

49.   Elsewhere, along the Minnesota River, the weight of a levee holding back the swollen river cracked the city water main at Granite Falls, Minn.

50.   Early warnings often help local officials to evacuate people to areas away from the swollen rivers.