11.   Tufted Duck are unusual on salt water, except in severe winter weather.

12.   The bad year in question could have had unusually severe winter weather but, even without information on this, figures from adjacent states would provide controls.

13.   Analysts reduced their estimates after the company said severe winter weather had caused temporary shutdowns at several of its plants in the first quarter.

14.   Analysts said February figures will influence the market the most, because severe winter storms skewed results for January.

15.   A severe European winter also reduced construction.

16.   But potential problems in Colorado include severe winter cold, which can damage vines, and late spring frosts, which can abort the budding process.

17.   Cattle die during severe winters because they freeze, starve, or smother to death in the snow, analysts said.

18.   Copper production in Chile was disrupted by severe winter weather last month and by strikes earlier in the year.

19.   During severe winters, the plants died back to the ground but reemerged from roots in spring similar to a hybrid tea rose.

20.   During the severe winter the water gets very cold.