1.   A dike that protects the west part of Woodland from the Columbia River held, thanks to non-stop sandbagging efforts.

2.   Over the west part of Puerto Rico...Fair weather was observed.

3.   Another two children with lesser injuries remained in Rylstone Hospital, near Mudgee, where the accident happened in the central west part of New South Wales state.

4.   However...Satellite pictures indicated abundant showers and isolated thunderstorms in the outer bands around the west part of Iris.

5.   In a radio broadcast, government officials urged residents to leave the communities of Salem, Fleming and Hope in the west central part of the Caribbean island.

6.   Streetcar driver Mehtida Dzevlan said the tram was hit near the Holiday Inn while she was driving from the center of the city to the west part of Sarajevo.