41.   Prices paid to U.S. factories, farmers and other producers likely rose as winter storms caused energy costs to surge.

42.   Residents of the Outer Banks of North Carolina Saturday surveyed the damage the storm caused.

43.   So far, divers have not been able to determine the extent of the problem the storms caused on the ocean bottom.

44.   Still, Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles said the state was fortunate the storm caused no fatalities and little property damage.

45.   The damage has yet to be assessed, though officials believe that the storm has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage.

46.   The storm also caused more than a dozen accidents on the interstate.

47.   The storm caused fear, flooding, power failures, wind damage here and erosion so severe that it laid bare deeply buried pipes.

48.   The storm caused scattered power failures in New Jersey and on Long Island.

49.   The storm caused several flight delays, as well as cancellations of ferry service from the central Hong Kong to outlying islands.

50.   The storm also caused most businesses and schools to shut down and airlines to cancel almost all domestic flights.