21. A local highway has been closed to traffic because of high smoke levels. 22. A fire that began Saturday near Orlando covered the area in smoke and combined with fog to close highways in Orange and Osceola counties for several hours Sunday morning. 23. A gas pipeline exploded and ignited a fire that lit up the night sky and forced firefighters to close a highway as they tried to bat down the flames. 24. A nearby rural highway was closed for several hours because heavy smoke from the fire hampered visibility. 25. A second bomb was found near the Frankfurt autobahn, and authorities closed the highway for an hour in the evening while the American-made bomb was defused. 26. A mass pileup forced police to close the highway between Munich, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria. 27. A snowboarder was killed Friday by an avalanche that closed a highway in the mountains of northwestern Wyoming. 28. Airlines canceled flights, and several highways were closed to traffic. 29. At least a thousand people have been evacuated, highways have been closed and one person is missing because of flooding in southern Spain, authorities said Sunday. 30. Authorities diverted air traffic, canceled train service past the volcano, closed the highway around its base and shut ski fields on its slopes. |