21.   The damage was much greater near the coast, where the ground tends to be softer and earth movements therefore greater, than in the hills farther inland.

22.   Torrential rains will persist in south-central Texas on Saturday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Frances meander farther inland.

23.   Whether precipitation penetrates farther inland over the northern Middle Atlantic states will depend on the somewhat erratic path of the system.

24.   Wind gusts to gale force will persist in squalls along the Louisiana coast as a weakening tropical storm pushes farther inland across East Texas.

25.   If the primary dike breaks, authorities are counting on a second-defense dike, farther inland, to help hold the water back from the Oderbruch.

26.   If the primary dike breaks, authorities are counting on a second-defense dike, farther inland, to help contain the water.

27.   Most went to NATO tent camps farther inland.

28.   Most children were home on a holiday when the waves struck, rather than in religious mission schools farther inland where they might have been safe.

29.   More than a foot was possible farther inland.

30.   Now Shenzhen is moving on, outgrowing the factories that are heading farther inland and turning into a business and commerce center.