And during the rainy season it was difficult to cross the swollen river.

Sixteen people were killed in the city after a bridge was destroyed by the swollen river.

One person drowned after attempting to cross the swollen river.

In the same area, a woman and her four sons drowned due to the swollen river.

Beside them the swollen yellow river seemed to sense what lay ahead of it.

All up and down the swollen rivers of the Midwest, similar stories are being told.

And then the path disappeared - into a swollen river.

I look to our left, where wide wooden steps march right down into the swollen river.

At one point, 8.5 inches of rain poured into a swollen river in 12 hours.

Eight people were killed by the storm, including three children who drowned after falling into a swollen river.