On Thursday, the body of a sophomore engineering student, William Sinclair, of Chevy Chase, Md., was recovered from the rugged gorge more than 70 feet below the bridge, where the fierce waters of Fall Creek sluice through a narrow corridor.
People who survived lengthy buffeting in the fierce waters often need urgent care; but Banda Aceh's main hospital was flooded, and the other two surviving facilities are overwhelmed.
The wind is notoriously fierce, the water is rough, and a boat loaded with fish can easily swamp.
In the jungle-like, mossy valley, we bathe in the two natural pools and dare each other to swim under the fierce, cascading waters of this dramatic waterfall near the source of the Verdugo river.
Gordon's prose can turn mannered ("The question snapped Waters like a broken guitar string"), but if his metaphors are not always in the right place, his heart is, and his descriptions of the fierce sounds Waters and his men created are eloquent and accurate.
The fierce craving for water that frequently follows a spree reflects a physiological disturbance of which alcohol appears to be the direct and only cause.
In California, where a drought emergency was declared last month, 96% of new oil and gas wells were located in areas where there was already fierce competition for water.
There's been a fair amount of hand-wringing since the nation's intelligence community surveyed the world of 2025: America losing dominance; China and India rising; fierce competition for water, food and energy; increased danger that terrorists will get a nuclear weapon.
Grog was a way to make the rum ration more palatable and less fierce: dilute with water, sweeten (if sugar was on hand), and add citrus to ward off scurvy.
As fertile areas are scarce, the high demand for khat leaves has sparked fierce competition for water and land at the expense of traditional staple and cash crops.
