1.   Hundreds drowned.

2.   Hundreds of others drowned in monsoon floods in West Bengal in October.

3.   Hundreds of others drowned in monsoon floods in the eastern state of West Bengal in October.

4.   Hundreds drowned trying to cross the broad, powerful river, infested with crocodiles.

5.   Alake said a few bodies were still being recovered Saturday from the Oke Afa canal, where hundreds of people drowned.

6.   Hundreds of them drowned when they tried to cross the river on bamboo rafts during heavy rains Thursday night.

7.   Hundreds of people drowned.

8.   Tens of thousands of people fled to the Isolo area which is bisected by a major canal complex, and hundreds drowned.