21.   Raindrops buffeted by fierce winds in strong storms are blown horizontally, making their capture by rain gauges more difficult.

22.   Sandy loads from its dunes have been pushed across the road by a fierce wind that has also whipped up the surf.

23.   Scorching heat and fierce wind that wiped out everything in their paths.

24.   Separately, investors apparently dismissed the possibility of crop damage by fierce winds in the Midwest last night and this morning.

25.   Snow had one possible home run batted down by the fierce winds here, which turned into a bitter Giants enemy Sunday.

26.   Spring here is normally a time of fierce winds.

27.   Suddenly, virtually every tree past its adolescence took on a saggy look, only to be slapped around by a fierce wind.

28.   The extended family and friends of the Redbones were eating in their yard under a canopy that bowed furiously in the fierce wind at the top of the hill.

29.   The famed Cliff House stayed partly closed, its roof and windows damaged by the fierce winds.

30.   The fierce winds shoved autos around, snapped palm trees and set car alarms screeching throughout Nassau.