11.   The ice coated trees and power lines, weighing them down and allowing heavy winds to tear them apart.

12.   The whirling winds then tore off the second story of the Pasadena Funeral Chapel.

13.   The wind tore loose plywood boards that were placed as a safety measure on the four expansion joints of the bridge.

14.   The wind tore the house like an immense crowbar.

15.   Winds tore sections of rooftops from homes and small businesses along Laguna Madre, which separates the town from the barrier islands off the Texas Coast.

16.   A howling wind tore plastic sheeting off wagons and brought dark, thundering rain clouds that drenched everyone and everything, compounding the suffering.

17.   Gusting winds tore a cruise ship from its moorings, knocked out power to hundreds and caused flight cancellations on Thursday in Bermuda, authorities said.

18.   High winds tore off roofs from many buildings and felled trees and power lines, and the rains flooded several main streets in the seaside town.

19.   In eastern Kansas, high winds tore half the roof off an elementary school Wednesday afternoon, after students had left for the day.

20.   Many people were homeless after strong winds tore the roofs or walls off their simple bamboo houses.