21.   Influenza flourishes in damp conditions like those that have been prevalent in the region in recent weeks.

22.   The damp conditions interfered with the performances of some of the competitors taking part in the event at the Akita Prefectural Skating Rink, a domestic news agency reported.

23.   The damp conditions helped firefighters make considerable progress, said Neil Hitchcock of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.

24.   The day started in damp conditions, with Olonga and Streak both getting late movement in the air.

25.   Fog and damp conditions here have not helped.

26.   In the damp conditions that prevailed early in the week, the course was playing long and the slimness of the fairways was less of a factor.

27.   This year was particularly difficult as low temperatures combined with unusually damp conditions to produce frequent bouts of thick, freezing fog.

28.   The damp conditions made them slightly more forgiving, but that was not expected to last.