1.   City inspectors were sent to homes where gas service had been cut off to ensure that residents did not resort to hazardous heating alternatives.

2.   Local residents resorted to sundry methods, both ordinary and unusual, in their efforts to beat the heat.

3.   Poorer regions have reported that some residents have resorted to eating dogs to stay alive.

4.   At Taman Bukit Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur, some residents have resorted to collecting the trickles of water from a nearby hillside.

5.   She added that other residents had also resorted to digging wells to tap their own water supply.

6.   Some desperate residents have resorted to cutting down the few trees that have survived three winters of war, despite the threat of snipers.

7.   Some residents have resorted to using space heaters, which multiply their heating bills by up to six times.

8.   In the meantime, residents are resorting to supplies from agricultural wells or buying them from water tankers, making a profit out of the shortages.

9.   Residents resorted to panic buying amid fears triggered by the Taliban advance in eastern Afghanistan.

10.   Some residents have resorted to punishing suspects themselves.