1.   As of last Friday, the once-swollen river had fallen below flood stage in all major cities in both the United States and Canada.

2.   About half a dozen rivers reached flood stage, but have crested and begun to recede, said Leslie Carlson, an aide to Gov. John Kitzhaber.

3.   Clear Lake is now a foot over flood stage, and more rain today is expected to make a bad situation worse.

4.   Farther east, the Missouri crested just above flood stage at Williston, North Dakota, around midnight Sunday night.

5.   Flooding was also reported in the upper Hudson Valley at Fort Edward, where the river was expected to crest at two feet above flood stage.

6.   First Sgt. Jeff Winstead of the state highway patrol said that the Tar and Neuse Rivers were expected to remain at flood stage for five more days.

7.   However, the first spring run is impossible to fish because the river is often in flood stage.

8.   If nagging injuries bring him very far below flood stage, the landscape will be inalterably changed for the worse.

9.   In West Virginia, all major rivers have receded below flood stage, allowing the cleanup to begin.

10.   Just before the UA deficit approached flood stage, he sat down Bibby and brought back Davison, and the comeback was on.