31.   In Central America, hundreds of people were evacuated and thousands were stranded by surging rivers that made bridges and roads impassable.

32.   In Bolivia, rain interrupted traffic on a major highway linking the highlands and the lowlands, stranding thousands, the government said Tuesday.

33.   In three of the cities, strikes stranded thousands of commuters and forced the closure of schools, stores and offices but were generally peaceful, police said.

34.   In the Philippines, Maggie killed at least three people and stranded thousands of commuters, causing major flooding in some provinces.

35.   In the Texas Panhandle, a foot of snow atop icy roads stranded thousands of travelers.

36.   It stranded thousands of tourists desperate to get out of the danger zone.

37.   Korean Air pilots went back to work Monday after staging a one-day strike over pay and working conditions that stranded thousands of travelers.

38.   Landslides have stranded thousands of people in Bicol, mostly students enrolled in Manila.

39.   Light rail coaches also stopped in the middle of the tracks, stranding thousands of passengers.

40.   Monday saw a daylong strike by freight and passenger trains nationwide that stranded thousands of commuters in a dispute with the government and the private railroad operators.