1.   Flooding followed heavy rains Tuesday and Wednesday in the Shandiz region of eastern Iran, where eight people were killed and several villages were damaged.

2.   Hunger is a persistent problem, worsened this year by drought followed by flooding.

3.   Parts of South America suffered too little rain for most of the year, followed by flooding in December, the report said.

4.   The southern provinces of Mozambique have been plagued by periods of drought, followed by flooding in the past few months.