1.   Also in Brooklyn, a gust tore part of the facade from a three-story apartment building, forcing dozens of residents from their homes.

2.   In Deer Park, N.Y., powerful wind gusts tore the roofs off two buildings.

3.   A strong gust of wind tore the white Virgin Global Challenger balloon from its passenger capsule as technicians were inflating it at a military air base outside Marrakech.

4.   Bertha washed away piers in Swansboro, North Carolina and gusts tore roofs off some houses.

5.   Telephone service between Guadeloupe and Saint-Barths was severed, and a correspondent reached in Saint-Martin said wind gusts were tearing up roofs there.