11.   Thick fog blanketed north Italian regions Wednesday, hampering road traffic and closing some international airports.

12.   Thick fog blanketed north Italian regions Wednesday, hampering road traffic and closing international airports for several hours in Milan, Turin and Venice.

13.   Thick fog hampered air traffic in northern Italy and touched off chain collisions on highways Thursday.

14.   Threatened road blocks failed to materialize Tuesday after an appellate court issued a ruling calling for the immediate arrest and trial of any protesters hampering traffic.

15.   A local judge had ordered security forces to clear the area, because the protest was hampering traffic, the DyN news agency reported.

16.   Fog also hampered traffic on the ground, restricting vehicles on the main motorways around Milan to a crawl.

17.   Traffic was heavily hampered in the northern districts of Sumperk and Jesenik.

18.   Trees were downed in many areas, hampering traffic.