1.   A storm swept across the plains.

2.   The storm had swept all the sand away during the night.

3.   As the storm swept into Southern California, highways were submerged when as much as eight inches of rain pounded down in some areas.

4.   A powerful Pacific storm will sweep over the Northwest on Sunday, bringing a mixture of rain, freezing rain and snow.

5.   A powerful storm swept across Southern California on Tuesday, triggering flooding and mudslides and forcing dramatic helicopter rescues in Ventura County.

6.   A second storm swept through the area Tuesday, although some of the precipitation turned to rain late in the day.

7.   A storm is sweeping across western Kansas, snapping telephone poles like so many toothpicks.

8.   A storm swept in and the surveyors raced back toward camp.

9.   After nearly wiping out Galveston, the storm swept toward Houston.

10.   But on that first night, a fierce storm swept through, thunder and lightning crackling until branches of trees began to fall nearby.