1.   Dean Hutsell, a National Weather Service meteorologist, blamed the storm on a slow-moving funnel system and cold front that passed through the area.

2.   In southeast Georgia, early morning storms were blamed for three deaths.

3.   The latest storms were blamed for at least two deaths -- one in Monterey County on Monday and another in Sonoma County Tuesday.

4.   The storm was also blamed for the death of a Pensacola woman who was killed Sunday in a house fire.

5.   The storm was blamed for three deaths in Washington, and at least one in Oregon.

6.   The storm was also blamed for injuries to two runners before the race.

7.   The storms have been blamed for about two dozen deaths in the Northwest since last week.

8.   The storm also is blamed for sinking a gambling ship off Port Canaveral Wednesday.

9.   The storm has been blamed for at least seven deaths.

10.   Both airlines blamed storms in the Northeast for most of the problems.