71.   A heavy rain storm hit northern Japan on Saturday, killing one person, triggering several landslides and paralyzing the transportation system, officials said.

72.   A freak wind storm hit a seaside town in southern England early Thursday, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving at least one person injured.

73.   A similar storm hit Greece and other Balkan countries last week, blocking access to thousands of mountain villages and cutting highway traffic.

74.   A powerful storm hit southeastern China early Friday and forced evacuations in some flood-prone regions.

75.   A resident of Villeneuve-les-Maguelone, near Montpellier, where dozens of homes were damaged, was in the street when the storm hit.

76.   A winter storm hit Arkansas last Tuesday and Wednesday, coating trees and power lines with ice an inch thick in places.

77.   A winter storm hit the Plains Sunday, with Texas and Oklahoma hardest hit by moderate to heavy snow, rain and ice.

78.   Bangladesh, a delta nation, is regularly hit by storms.

79.   Before the storm hit the coast, it had already killed five people and halted trains and ferries and forced the closure of highways.

80.   Before the storm hit, the cattle were tied behind a retaining wall built with coral rocks near the cyclone shelters to protect the animals.