Sentence examples for fierce thunderstorm from inspiring English sources

Officials have defended safety measures at the construction site, and said the accident occurred during a fierce thunderstorm.

At the time of the crash, an unusual and fierce thunderstorm passed through central Iraq, stirring up dust that cut visibility.

Nearly 100 trees were felled in Central Park and hundreds more were damaged on Tuesday night, many fatally, during a fierce thunderstorm that moved over New York City.

A fierce thunderstorm passed through the Cape Canaveral area on Friday afternoon, and there were reports of at least 11 lightning strikes near the launching pad.

The plane disappeared during a fierce thunderstorm on Monday afternoon, and the crash site is so steep, remote and thickly forested that rescuers have been unable to reach it.

Farther north, in St . Petersburg a fierce thunderstorm after days of hot weather led to the deaths of seven people, including a 14-year-old girl, who were crushed by trees and a tractor-trailer rig toppled by high winds, officials said.

Fierce thunderstorms rattled the bus as it sped through the flat, featureless terrain flanking I-10, on the way to Houston.

New Yorkers, who have been enjoying a brief respite from the bitter cold of recent days, are being warned to batten down the hatches as weather forecasts predict strong winds and fierce thunderstorms across the city for Wednesday.

"I don't remember seeing her when we were going out trying to sell bonds," Cianci said to me when I went to see him at City Hall on an afternoon of fierce thunderstorms.

After scores of 69 and 67 in the first two rounds, Mickelson said he was "really close to a really hot round," and his sunny forecast came to fruition after a night of fierce thunderstorms dumped two inches of water on the course and delayed the start of play.

But the advanced A330, carrying 228 people, appears to have been little match for fierce thunderstorms over the tropics.