Instead of despairing at the discomfort of rain and mud, the crowd rejoiced in its power to resist the weather."

VOA: special.2009.08.10

As a final step there are plans to pump in mud and cement from below through relief wells.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

Over the years, the group has made stoves using mud,bricks,sheet metal,clay, ceramics and old oil drums.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

About once a year, houses made from adobe should be given a layer of mud.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

And I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud,and was buried.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

So,twenty-three huge containers of tar,clay and mud were removed from the area for research.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

The roofs were also mud. A wagon repair shop and blacksmith barn stood nearby.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

The walls were made of local limestone and bricks of sun-dried mud called adobe.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Heavy spring rains had turned the dirt roads into rivers of mud.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

Adobe becomes a sticky mud when it is mixed with water.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Travelers mostly had to deal with mud,dust, insects and heat.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

His boots and pants were covered with mud.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

They dug through mud and wet clay.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

A brush can remove hardened mud.

VOA: special.2010.02.16

People lived in tents in the mud.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

He added that his town has been cut off by rain and mud that has blocked roads and covered railway lines.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

Dozens of houses on the outskirts of the Sicilian city were swept away or flattened by heavy rain and mud.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

Hundreds of rescue workers and volunteers dug through mud and debris Saturday looking for signs of survivors and recovering more bodies.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

He says mud and rocks are blocking some roads, others are torn up, making it difficult to distribute aid.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

At least 28 people were killed earlier this month when rivers of mud tore down a mountainside flooding entire towns.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

Bobo Simbo stands thigh-high in a pool of orange water, sifting the mud for traces of gold dust.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

One woman says they are dying because the river of mud is in front of their homes.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

The flood waters, carrying mud and debris, coursed down the mountain slopes of Ladakh, causing widespread damage in the region's main city,Leh, and surrounding villages.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Passing through the Navajo Nation, one sees tiny,isolated cabins and a few traditional hogans, which are log-and mud structures whose doorways face the morning sun.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

Nonhlanhla Masuku,23, welcomes visitors to her home, a one-room mud hut with a thatched roof.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

The first trap shows no signs of oil, only mud stirred up by recent storms.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

"I even built a hole in my backyard, took mud that came out of that hole and made a clay oven to bake the bread."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16