1.   After his first stop, he had to go by boat to reach the village of Jagdishpur because the bridge had been washed out during floods.

2.   But for the most part, they have been stymied by downed trees, washed out bridges and continuing rains.

3.   The road is open year-round, but late-summer hur ricanes occasionally wash out bridges.

4.   There are no roads, the bridges are washed out.

5.   Thousands of people were chased from their homes, and roads and bridges were washed out, businesses were inundated and crops drowned.

6.   Bridges were washed out around Nicaragua and mud slides and highway blockages were reported in some areas.

7.   Flooding lakes and rivers Saturday washed out bridges in Jefferson Township and Ogdensburg, and caused road closures in Morris and Sussex counties.

8.   Rivers have spilled from their banks, washing out bridges, turning roads into mud slicks and submerging most airstrips.

9.   Storms washed out bridges, flooded highways and swelled rivers, causing them to jump their banks.

10.   The storms knocked out electrical power, washed out bridges and flooded highways.