61.   Daily torrential rains have turned the narrow, dusty road from Kisangani to the border town of Bukavu into a quagmire.

62.   Distribution of the food is scheduled to end by December, before rains turn most country roads into impassable swamps.

63.   He said strong winds have hampered helicopter flights and heavy rain turned roads in the area into mud.

64.   He said strong winds have hampered helicopter flights and heavy rain had turned roads in the area into mud.

65.   He said the disaster was caused by loose soil from deforestation which allowed heavy rain to turn into a torrential flood.

66.   He said the disaster was caused by loose soil from deforestation, which allowed heavy rain to turn into a torrential flood.

67.   Heavy rains turned the usually dry Dasht river into a torrent that destroyed thousands of mud and brick homes in the poor, remote area.

68.   Helicopters will go to places without airstrips or where seasonal rain has turned dirt roads to mud.

69.   Heavy rains have turned roads in the area into mud, and relief workers traveling by foot to the village called off their efforts at nightfall, officials said.

70.   Heavy rains turned streets into roaring rivers of debris.