1.   Emergencies were Declared in six states as airports were shut down, stranding travelers across the country.

2.   Despite all thewarnings, many travelers were stranded.

3.   Even if prematurely, schools were closed Monday for millions of youngsters, airline flights were canceled and travelers were stranded.

4.   The breach prompted officials to shut the airport for three hours, stranding travelers and upsetting East Coast air travel.

5.   Complaints ring ever louder about such vacation-breakers as price gouging and strikes that have stranded travelers on islands and locked them out of the Acropolis.

6.   Ferry companies suspended service to outlying islands and the neighboring gambling resort of Macau, stranding some travelers.

7.   Flight attendants struck British Airways on Wednesday, forcing the airline to cut back on its busy summer schedule and stranding numerous travelers.

8.   Flight attendants struck British Airways on Wednesday, forcing the airline to cut back its busy summer schedule and stranding numerous travelers.

9.   High winds damaged homes and toppled power lines as several twisters pounded central and southeast Texas, flooding roadways and stranding travelers.

10.   More than a foot of blowing snow closed major highways Wednesday in eastern Wyoming and western South Dakota, stranding travelers and shutting down schools.