The Iraqis blocked three bridges across Tigris River from the eastern side with large concrete blocks and dump trucks, moving antiaircraft and artillery weapons on their side of the bridges.

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Rachel McDonald, the pub's owner, said there was "lots of mud everywhere" and said the river had been blocked by a fallen tree trunk.

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According to the journal discovered with his body, McCandless had tried to hike out after three months but had found his way blocked by the swollen waters of the Teklanika River, which had risen dramatically since he forded it on his way in.

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The landslide on Thursday also buried three houses and blocked a nearby river, reports said.

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