41.   Rescue efforts have been hampered by destroyed bridges and blocked roads and much-needed heavy equipment had not reached the worst hit areas, Aspan said.

42.   Roofs had been blown away and some beachside areas cut off by blocked roads, he said.

43.   Some tore down tents used by troops and blocked two major roads.

44.   The blocked roads meant many had to walk to work Tuesday, and highways in the Vladivostok region were closed to passenger traffic.

45.   The heaviest snowfall in three decades forced hundreds of flights to be canceled or delayed, blocked roads and stopped some ferry service on Thursday, government officials said.

46.   The opposition wanted the Taliban to open blocked roads into central Afghanistan.

47.   The students earlier tore down tents used by troops and blocked two major roads.

48.   Thousands of people, many with knives and other weapons, blocked roads in the Christian-dominated city of Kupang and gang fights broke out.

49.   Trees brought down railway power lines and blocked roads and left houses near the North Sea and in Hanover without their roofs.

50.   Floodwaters also forced the closure of schools, blocked roads and swept bridges away.