1.   Several motorists were stranded on the tops of their inundated cars but were plucked to safety by firemen.

2.   The National Guard was deployed to assist rescue efforts as roofs collapsed, boats sank, floating homes tipped perilously and motorists were stranded in knee-deep slush.

3.   A blizzard carrying snow and sleet swept across Jordan on Monday, stranding motorists, cutting power lines and bringing life to a standstill in the desert kingdom.

4.   A snowstorm battered Jordan on Wednesday, stranding motorists, closing schools and public offices and leaving many people with no power.

5.   A strong blizzard swept across northern Kazakstan Thursday, bringing traffic to a standstill and stranding motorists in their cars, news reports said.

6.   A snowstorm swept across Jordan, stranding motorists, cutting power lines, shutting schools and delaying international flights in the desert kingdom.

7.   Dozens of residents were evacuated from apartments and numerous motorists were stranded when their cars stalled in flooded streets.

8.   Elsewhere in the state, flooded roads stranded motorists and heavy thunderstorms brought hail and spawned tornadoes in the Panhandle and the Concho Valley.

9.   Flooding filled streets and avenues, stranding motorists in some areas.

10.   Heavy snow storms and gales battered Britain and Northern Ireland Saturday, stranding motorists and leaving hundreds of homes without power.