1.  Brown said that for at least the last six months the basement was flooded, with at least four inches of standing water in all areas.

2.  The larvicide, a tablet that looks like a doughnut, is placed in standing water by hand.

3.  The snow also melts faster, at least at low altitudes, and the intergovernmental panel forecasts more running and standing water.

4.  Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing clear water and May and June traditionally are rainy months in the Caribbean.

5.  Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing clear water, and May and June traditionally are rainy months in the Caribbean.

6.  There was standing water on many of the holes, and shots sunk into the mud in some places.

7.  And Health Minister Federico Munoz warned that diseases such as dengue and malaria could gain ground as standing waters help boost the population of mosquitoes which transmit them.