1.  A twenty-five-foot wave carrying huge pieces of concrete flattened schools and ripped away bridges.

2.  Among other things, they say staff members use bridge district equipment for personal repair projects on company time and haul away bridge equipment for use at home.

3.  Flooding in southern Mexico Tuesday caused by three days of nearly continuous rain washed away bridges, cut off towns and killed at least three people.

4.  Heavy rains that began in mid-October in this East African country also have swept away bridges and roads, disrupting transportation countrywide.