11.   Airlines canceled about a third of their Tuesday flights, stranding thousands of tourists.

12.   All sea vessels were banned from leaving Manila, and ferry service was halted in many ports, stranding thousands of passengers.

13.   And that would prevent TWA from operating, stranding thousands of passengers.

14.   Athens airport and nearly all ports around Greece were closed, stranding thousands of travelers and cutting off access to islands.

15.   Babs also forced a halt to ferry service at many ports, stranding thousands of passengers.

16.   But coastal ferry routes halted operations because of storm and high-wave warnings, stranding thousands of summer vacationers.

17.   But protesters managed to idle trains in the south and northwest, stranding thousands of travelers.

18.   But thousands are still stranded in Afghanistan.

19.   Countless avalanches have been roaring down alpine slopes, stranding thousands of tourists in the worst snow chaos in the European Alps in years.

20.   Countless avalanches have been roaring down alpine slopes in recent days, stranding thousands of tourists in the worst snow chaos in the European Alps in years.