The foam caused dangerous traffic conditions for many motorists, leading authorities to close the promenade between Fleetwood and Blackpool.
We were overwhelmed by the exuberance of the spontaneous downtown celebration that caused authorities to close off Yonge Street.
The law also permits the authorities to close hotels, restaurants and nightclubs that repeatedly deny their services to gays.
After the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, King Hussein, the current monarch's father, imposed martial law, which allowed the authorities to close newspapers at any time.
This little-known process, mired in the jargon of highways and transport legislation, allows local authorities to close roads permanently to allow new developments to be built.
The violence led authorities to close Sanaa airport and order four flights to go instead to the southern port city of Aden, according to an airport official.
Political tension and outbreaks of violence often led Israeli authorities to close the border for extended periods, putting many Palestinians out of work.
By Friday morning, the flames were within a short distance of the ocean's edge in some places, forcing authorities to close several miles of Pacific Coast Highway.
The discovery of medical waste and a break in a sewage pipe led the authorities to close beaches in Westchester County and New Jersey yesterday.
I am disturbed by the news that Zhou Litai, a Shenzhen labor lawyer, was ordered by local Chinese authorities to close his office (news article, Jan . 3.
Poor ticket sales had forced the authorities to close the upper tier at Stade de France, and a mere 50,000 witnessed this victory.
