51.   Rising waters inundated thousands of houses and destroyed bridges, roads and railway lines in northwestern and parts of southern Turkey.

52.   Ratsiraka supporters destroyed bridges on the only road linking the rival capitals in an attempt to cut off fuel to Antananarivo, the stronghold of Ravalomanana.

53.   Recent floods also destroyed several bridges in the provinces of Sofala, Zambezia and Tete in the center of the country.

54.   Rain also destroyed bridges, caused landslides and washed out roads.

55.   Russian forces destroyed a bridge between Chechnya and its eastern neighbor, Dagestan, cutting off a main rail and road link.

56.   Storms and high winds swept through central and eastern Europe, destroying bridges and prompting evacuations in Austria.

57.   The blast damaged but did not destroy the bridge.

58.   The Americans had been told that Hitler had destroyed all bridges over the Rhine.

59.   The bridge was destroyed soon afterward, reportedly by the lightning.

60.   The gatherings, which are becoming a daily routine, came after NATO destroyed two bridges in the northern city of Novi Sad.