The heavy weather hindered the men manning the pumps as they were constantly being swept away from them by the sea.

But bad weather hindered the search.

The Panthers maintained all week that the cold weather would not hinder them.

The state's security officials mentioned that bad weather was hindering the search and rescue efforts.

The weather helped the offenses but hindered the defenses.

Worsening weather hindered further flight, and after some time it was decided to turn back.

The weather also hindered communications, making cooperation between the many Allied parties involved-in reconnaissance, air cover and fleet headquarters-even worse than it already was.

Bad weather, which had forced scores of missions to be canceled, did not hinder the aircraft, two senior Air Force officers said.

Heavy weather hindered fueling operations on the 13th-14th, and air searches failed to turn up any tempting targets.

One rarely finds even a single insect flying in the afternoon and then probably only when unfavourable weather has hindered its doing so in the morning.