1.   The next morning I looked out the window and noticed that a strong wind was bending the leaves on the palm trees.

2.   This spring, it is loaded with blooms, but the wind has bent all the branches almost to the ground.

3.   We lined up against a wall of a mobile home that had a shed built over it, and watched the wind bend huge limbs onnearby mesquites and oaks.

4.   In St. Croix, raging winds bent palm trees to a third of their height and destroyed part of the boardwalk.

5.   In St. Croix, raging winds bent palm trees to a third of their height, shook parked cars and destroyed part of the boardwalk.

6.   Strong winds bent palm trees along the Honduran coast Tuesday, and heavy rain caused at least four rivers to overflow their banks.

7.   The wind bent trees and blew rain sideways as thousands of people scrambled for storm supplies or the road out of town.