41.   Heavy rains last weekend melted the snow and the frozen ground was unable to absorb the moisture.

42.   Holl noted that the spring thaw will soon melt snows in the mountain passes in Afghanistan, making it easier for combatants to launch military operations.

43.   In winter, they melt snow and raise the risk of avalanches.

44.   It has an electronic device to melt snow automatically.

45.   Some heated their homes with kerosene stoves and melted snow for drinking water.

46.   The building of a pontoon across the muddy river was hampered by rain, melting snow and flooding.

47.   The Russian military wants to vanquish the rebels before spring melts the snow that now hampers rebel movement and before new foliage gives them better concealment.

48.   The troops were hoping to keep to a tight deployment schedule after overcoming rain, melting snow and flooding that hampered construction of the pontoon bridge.

49.   The warmest March weather in Thunder Bay in about a century continued to hamper ski conditions, melting snow and dirtying skis.

50.   Warm temperatures had melted snow on the mountains, the highest of the Appenine range, causing the snow slide on the east wall of Corno Grande Mountain.