And some people question whether it is wise to rebuild in an area that could easily flood again.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Their ad in the newspapers started a flood of letters - more than one hundred a day.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

They were covered with snow. In their branches were pieces of dry grass and wood left by flood waters earlier in the year.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

It was made with material saved from aid centers built after the flood in Johnstown.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

They battle and survive a Mississippi flood for the reward of returning to state prison as the tall man did in the story "Old Man."

VOA: special.2010.01.10

When rivers flood in South America, small pieces of land flow into the ocean.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

"Houses in our region used to have stilts a few meters above the ground in order to allow flood to stay there,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

As you know, some of the camps are in the low lying areas and the most flood-prone districts are Swabi, Mardan,Nowshera and Peshawar.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

The World Food Program is distributing food to flood-affected victims in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

In the regional city of Lae, clinics have been set up in tents to cope with what is expected to be a flood of patients.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

A few days without rain have allowed flood waters to begin to recede, but weather forecasters predict more monsoon rains in the days to come.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

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

The resulting flood in the South left six people dead.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The latest United Nations assessment of West African flooding says more than 150 people have been killed many in Sierra Leone and that others there and in Senegal,Burkina Faso, Ghana and Niger are also seriously affected by rising flood waters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08