51.   Police and troops flooded the area, searching vehicles and buildings after the attack.

52.   Pounding rain in recent weeks flooded many areas of Mindanao, an important agricultural area.

53.   Requests by foreign reporters to go to flood areas in at least three provinces have been rejected.

54.   Scores of firefighters working from six fire engines flooded the area with water, eventually weakening the blaze.

55.   Scores of firefighters working from six fire engines flooded the area with water on Tuesday, eventually weakening the blaze.

56.   State-run Iranian television earlier reported that heavy rains during the past week caused rivers to burst their banks, flooding large areas.

57.   State-run Iranian television earlier reported that heavy rains during the past week had caused rivers to burst their banks, flooding large areas.

58.   Summer rains regularly swell Chinese rivers, flooding large areas and causing scores of deaths.

59.   The blasts also shattered a water main, flooding the area.

60.   The blasts shattered a water main, flooding the area.