| 1 | The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood. | |
| 2 | More alarming still is the plague of plastic. | |
| 3 | The only catch is, you might get a house gecko infestation next. | |
| 4 | In the old paintings of the deluge there is a mother holding her child thus. | |
| 5 | That may already be happening in Canada, where recent warm winters have unleashed a plague of bark beetles, and in Australia, whose forests have been devastated by drought and forest fires. |