Sentence examples for harsh storms from inspiring English sources

For Odysseus, a stop on the small Mediterranean island now called Corfu was only the beginning, a respite from harsh storms before encounters with the sirens and the Cyclops.

A similar harbour at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer on Omaha Beach was destroyed (June 19 22) by harsh storms, and Arromanches thus became one of the principal offloading areas for Allied troops and supplies until permanent harbours could be repaired at Cherbourg, Anvers, and elsewhere.

The harsh storms, lack of light, heat needed to keep warm at night, the need to completely change either the chemistry of the soil or genetically engineer plants to grow in iron-rich, nutrient poor soil, and lack of oxygen in the atmosphere would most definitely kill you.

Our initiative to restore one million acres in "North America's Amazon" will help the U.S. meet national climate targets, while protecting people and economic infrastructure along the Gulf Coast from the threat of the increasingly harsh storms and floods that have already turned some residents into America's first climate refugees.

"A harsh storm seen only once in 100 years is raging".

After a few minutes, I remembered that the restaurant had made the news in New York when a harsh storm brought the ocean right through its doors; on the way out, I noticed a display of photos that confirmed my memory.

"A harsh storm seen only once in 100 years is raging," Prime Minister Taro Aso of Japan told a news conference as he unveiled the country's second stimulus package in about two months.

I overwinter it in a sunny window, protected from the harsh winter storms.

They have a new word, dzud, that's about 15 years old, for the harsh winter storms that now hit the region.

Brontë's book is about the elemental opposition of harsh, ruthless storm and gentle, merciful calm.

A particularly harsh December storm in 1999 caused an estimated $23 million in damage to the park; total damages were estimated at $37 million.