41.   Low clouds and wind gusts had hampered search and rescue efforts for two days before the weather lifted mid-morning Wednesday.

42.   Low clouds and heavy snow flurries hampered the search.

43.   Officials said heavy rain and flooding in the wake of Typhoon Isa touched off the landslides and flooding was hampering the search.

44.   Parts of the six-story building were smouldering two days later, hampering the search for victims.

45.   Recommendations included that the police command structure be revamped to avoid the kind of communication breakdown that hampered searches for missing children.

46.   Rescue workers recovered two bodies from the river and divers were searching for survivors, but heavy rains hampered their search.

47.   Poor communications in the remote area were hampering the search, officials said.

48.   Poor visibility was hampering the search, Rogachev said.

49.   Poor communications in the area were hampering the search, they said.

50.   Rain and the steep mountain slopes and rains were hampering the search, he added.