1.   Although avalanches routinely block mountain passes here, there has not been an avalanche-related fatality among motorists in Colorado in recent memory.

2.   The avalanches also have blocked the delivery of humanitarian assistance for earthquake victims in Afghanistan from neighboring Kyrgyzstan.

3.   Avalanches also partially blocked the Paez River with boulders and branches, causing floods in the little that was left of Irlanda and Toez.

4.   Dozens of cars were stranded in the mountainous southeastern province of Hakkari after an avalanche blocked a highway, the agency added.

5.   Some smaller villages have been isolated after avalanches blocked all roads, but so far no human lives have been lost.