71.   The Dutch coast guard said seas remained high in the wake of a storm that swept across Western Europe on Saturday, dumping heavy rains and unleashing fierce winds.

72.   The report was critical of the pilots, who tried to take off in heavy rain and fierce winds whipped up by an approaching typhoon.

73.   The next stop was Doral, where Durant made playing in the fierce winds look like a breeze.

74.   The sun went down and fierce winds started howling.

75.   They ate grasshoppers and snails, drank gulps of water from plastic bottles that washed ashore and slept in caves to avoid fierce nighttime winds.

76.   Weather turned bad after the crash, with fog, fierce wind, and loose snow on the steep mountainside forcing searchers to pull out Thursday afternoon.

77.   Weather forecasters are predicting another wave of heavy rain and fierce winds across the center and west of the country in the coming days.

78.   Forecasters said wet weather and fierce winds were expected to last well into next week.

79.   Forecasters said wet weather and fierce winds in other parts of Britain were expected to last well into next week.

80.   Hurricane Fran hit land on the US east coast Thursday packing fierce winds and driving rain, the National Weather Service said.