41.   In Spain, police said the bad weather was hampering the search for two mountaineers missing since Sunday the central town of Segovia.

42.   NATO officials said bad weather had hampered NATO airstrikes Sunday night.

43.   No casualties were reported but bad weather was hampering rescue efforts.

44.   Nineteen Filipino crewmen on the cargo ship went missing in stormy seas off northwestern Philippines, but no survivors have been found and poor weather has hampered rescue efforts.

45.   One body was recovered Wednesday, but weather hampered rescuers.

46.   Originally, organizers had feared unusually warm weather would hamper the event, and they trucked in extra snow from nearby forests.

47.   Rescue helicopters searched for the missing helicopter, but bad weather hampered their efforts.

48.   Snowy, windy weather was hampering efforts to put out the fire.

49.   Stormy weather hampered efforts to pluck him to safety with a helicopter, but rescuers finally succeeded.

50.   Stormy weather Saturday hampered rescue efforts by French coast guard authorities, who have responsibility for that part of the Mediterranean, the ANSA news agency said.