51.   Calum MacRae, deputy leader of the Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team, said rescuers fought fierce winds and thigh-high snow to find the men.

52.   Cyclone Hudah hammered northeastern Madagascar late Sunday with rain and fierce winds, just weeks after the Indian Ocean island received a one-two punch of devastating tropical storms.

53.   Fierce winds blew over much of Japan Friday, knocking down pedestrians and forcing flights to be canceled.

54.   Fierce winds swept across the LPGA International Course, making it more difficult to get it close to the hole on the multi-tiered greens.

55.   Fierce southwest wind made club selection a headache for players at the Formosa Auckland Country Club for the second day running.

56.   He blinks furiously to keep his eyes moist in the face of a fierce wind that feels like blast of air from an oven.

57.   Heavy snow and fierce winds crippled southern Norway Friday, while hurricane-force gusts in the North Sea threatened oil production from some offshore platforms.

58.   It also lashed the rest of the southern Balkans and parts of western Turkey with blizzards and fierce winds.

59.   Marred by fierce winds and mechanical glitches, the planned launch of a rocket carrying five Iridium communications satellites was scrubbed a third time.

60.   Most people were killed when the mud walls of their huts collapsed under the impact of the rain and fierce winds, according to relief workers.