The stripper stood by helplessly as gallons of water poured into her apartment, saving the structure but ruining everything she'd left behind.

Four thousand gallons a minute were pouring over the lip, filling the air with humidity.

An elevator opened and fifty gallons of water poured into the lobby.

But about 1 million gallons poured into the Monongahela River.

If a boat has a 2-inch hole a foot below the waterline, nearly 80 gallons of water can pour in per minute.

The California spill was far smaller than the Alaska spill, in which nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil poured into Prince William Sound.

Under that situation, 1.2 million gallons of water a minute could pour into the tunnel, flooding parts of the system in a matter of hours.

The shattered window gave, and gallons of rain and seawater poured in.

Every time more than three-quarters of an inch of rain falls, 500 million gallons of mixed sewage pours into area rivers and harbors, the city says.

Several million gallons poured out of the broken main before it was finally shut.