1.   Both Labour and Conservative Governments had taken the view that change would cause a fierce political storm, so no one did anything.

2.   Fierce storms lashed the coastline.

3.   That very night a fierce storm broke over the sea.

4.   Then one day Johnny Appleseed got caught in a fierce storm.

5.   The climbers were trapped by a fierce storm which went on for days.

6.   During his solo crossing of the Atlantic he managed to avoid the fierce oceanic storms that rage in those tropical latitudes.

7.   As with his newspapers, it preferred sensationalism to substance -- in this case, footage of ships being battered and swamped by a fierce Atlantic storm.

8.   A fierce storm will develop on the east shore of James Bay with gales and heavy snow expected over northeastern upper Ontario.

9.   A huge tanker had hit the bridge in a fierce storm.

10.   A fierce storm swept across the New York metropolitan region late Sunday, flooding highways and leaving five people injured by lightning in New Jersey.