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Their numbers soon swelled with workers sent home early because most offices were paralysed by the lack of electricity.

A rush of fighting and commotion suddenly swelled up behind the stage where Green had just sung “Love and Happiness.”

Pictures of the girl also showed cuts and bruising to her face, along with a swollen left eye.

"The effects will continue for awhile, a lot of swollen streams and a lot of flooding going on," Bob Oravec, a senior forecaster with the NWS, said.

Forced to watch a graphic real-time stream of the betrayal, Montoya's emotions swell until he snaps, breaking all the show's rules.