11.   In their models of climate patterns, scientists have long suggested that the northern polar region would be affected earlier and more seriously than the southern region.

12.   Oddly, this soggy year occurred without any tropical storms affecting the region!

13.   Only one-quarter of global spending is devoted to sub-Saharan Africa, the most severely affected region.

14.   Other regions will be affected as well, although some less severely, the report said.

15.   Since the storm, standard practice is for the Storm Center to contact all offices whose regions are affected by watches, Henderson said.

16.   The snowstorm that struck the Northeast this week continues to affect the region.

17.   The trend would reflect a change in the interest of Japanese business towards Asia after the financial crisis affecting the region.

18.   They are facing weakened competitors, and in many cases they have lost some of their competition altogether through the turmoil that has affected other regions.

19.   This story will look at how Missouri Senators will vote and how the legislation would affect the region.

20.   Whatever the new cells are doing in the cortex, they affect regions of the brain that are central to human thought and identity.