31.   Authorities diverted air traffic, canceled train service past the volcano, closed the highway around its base and closed ski fields on its slopes.

32.   Authorities have diverted air traffic, canceled train service past the volcano, closed the highway around its base and shut ski fields on its slopes.

33.   Blowing snow closed highways in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa, and heavy rain caused flooding in Missouri and Kansas.

34.   Blowing snow closed highways Sunday in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa, and heavy rain caused flooding in Missouri and Kansas.

35.   Blowing snow closed highways in South Dakota and Iowa, and heavy rain caused flooding in Missouri and Kansas.

36.   Coded bomb warnings closed highways, a rail station and an airport in England Friday morning, and an explosion damaged an electric pylon near Birmingham.

37.   Elsewhere, mudslides closed highways and numerous accidents slowed traffic to a crawl on the slick roads.

38.   Fire fighters evacuated residents and closed a highway Tuesday after a series of explosions set off a large fire at a chemical factory in a town west of Lyon.

39.   Flights were canceled, highways were closed and Malaysian Environment Minister Law Heing Deng said he expected more flooding and landslides during an unusually heavy monsoon season.

40.   Government forces also closed the highway leading from the capital to the second-largest and mostly ethnic Albanian-populated city of Tetovo.