11.   Politicians can add to the unity, as President Clinton did on his visit to stricken areas of Arkansas.

12.   Roadblocks are up at many points to prevent anyone from going back into the stricken areas.

13.   Rescue team are battling snow storms and high winds to reach victims in the stricken areas, officials said.

14.   She briefs American volunteers before they are sent to stricken areas.

15.   The government and international relief agencies prevented a higher toll by rushing food to the stricken area.

16.   The site also has a map of the stricken areas and lists of road closings.

17.   The special section was distributed free through Red Cross, state and federal disaster relief centers in the stricken area.

18.   There was talk among government officials of beseeching the U.S. troops stationed at Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, to helicopter supplies to the stricken area.

19.   President Hashemi Rafsanjani interrupted a visit to Turkmenistan on Monday to visit the stricken area.

20.   Plumes of black smoke billowed from the stricken areas, but there was no word on casualties.