1.   The central province of Santa Fe is expected to be the region hardest hit by the drought.

2.   He said all of the new reports were from the Kikwit area, the region hardest hit by the virus.

3.   In Latin America, a region hard hit by the global slowdown, all eyes will be on Argentina as the new year kicks in.

4.   Members of the delegation also met with refugees from the region hardest hit by enemy shelling, and talked with officials of the United Nations forces in the area.

5.   On Saturday, Prime Minister Jean Chretien toured parts of the region hardest hit by the storm.

6.   The demonstration was attended mostly by farmers from Andalucia, the southern region worst hit by the five-year-long drought.

7.   Throughout the province, the region hardest hit by the floods, whole neighborhoods in villages built of mud bricks had been wiped away.

8.   The east coast of Sumatra was the region hardest hit by haze from forest and ground fires both in Sumatra and in neighbouring Malaysia.