71.   The agency said waters had begun to recede on the River Usk in Wales, which flooded Saturday cutting off the village of Crickhowell.

72.   The Environment Agency said waters had begun to recede on the River Usk in Wales, which flooded Saturday cutting off the village of Crickhowell.

73.   The houses were evacuated when the water began to rise.

74.   Then the water began to rise.

75.   The waters had begun to recede, raising hopes that refugees could go home quickly and large quantities of aid could be delivered efficiently by road.

76.   There were conflicting casualty reports, as the flood waters began subsiding.

77.   With rainfall lessening in some areas, the flood waters have begun to recede.

78.   Flood waters have begun receding in the dozen rain-swollen rivers in the five worst-hit states in the east, west and south, PTI said.

79.   In Keningau, the Bernama news agency reported that flood waters had begun to recede.

80.   But he and a local French resident, Pierre Meunier, said that the flood waters had begun to subside during the night.