81.   Heavy rain has flooded thousands of acres of farmland along the Illinois River, closing roads and forcing several hundred people from their homes.

82.   Before the strike ended Sunday evening heavy monsoon rains flooded many streets in Dhaka and activists had to wade through knee-deep water as they demonstrated.

83.   Eight hundred people in Fujairah were housed in schools after rain flooded their village.

84.   The rains flooded highways and rail tracks in the region and the international airport in the Tamil Nadu capital Madras, paralysing all forms of transport.

85.   Torrential rains this spring flooded the great plains of the United States and Canada, delaying or even preventing sowing.

86.   On Monday, the heavy rain flooded sections of the road between Sarajevo and Mostar.

87.   Several papers reported the rains had flooded several villages and shantytowns around Morocco as well as cut off roads and highways.