11.   Heavy snows also stranded motorists, closed air and sea ports, delayed buses and trains, and led to hundreds of traffic accidents.

12.   In neighboring Jordan, the storm stranded motorists, cut power lines and dumped snow into the normally arid deserts.

13.   Sussex police said some motorists were stranded as flood waters rose around them.

14.   The first heavy snowstorm in six years blanketed Jerusalem on Monday, closing schools, stranding motorists and drawing families outside to show children snow for the first time.

15.   The motorists were stranded between two avalanches on the only surface link between the Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage.

16.   The snowstorm also battered neighboring Jordan, stranding motorists, closing schools and public offices and leaving many people with no power.

17.   Weather also stranded motorists and left entire regions without power.