1.   In a blinding snowstorm with high winds and waves, the ferry somehow caught fire and the extreme conditions prevented rescue ships from approaching.

2.   One winter not so long ago, Marc Goldfinger found himself in a car hurtling through a blinding snowstorm into Worcester, Mass. to cop heroin.

3.   This was certainly true on Saturday when tornadoes were ravaging the eastern third of the state and a blinding snowstorm enveloped the Black Hills.

4.   After a week of perfect weather that produced ideal practice conditions, a blinding snowstorm hit the area less than two hours before the start of competition.

5.   Dozens of men slog through a blinding snowstorm to a U.N. truck to collect their first shipment of aid.

6.   Dozens of men slog through a blinding snowstorm to a United Nations truck Saturday to collect their first shipment of aid.

7.   Most of the morning run was held in a blinding snowstorm, but the snow had tapered off to flurries by the afternoon run.

8.   Most of the morning run was held in a blinding snowstorm, but the snow tapered to flurries by the afternoon run.

9.   Nevertheless the Yorkist army under Edward IV attacked uphill, with a blinding snowstorm behind them.

10.   The aid convoys took two hours over tortuous routes and through a blinding snowstorm to reach the villages.