For more than a week, fierce weather thwarted rescue attempts.

Long ago the shale had been eaten away by the fierce weather and about twenty percent had almost certainly fallen into the river below.

It's a perfect antidote to shorter days and fiercer weather.

Most of the introduced species have proved to be unequal to Bermuda's frequently fierce weather.

Little did they count on the fierce weather that has unfolded this winter.

Richard said: 'The fierce weather we encountered on the third leg has tested us to our very limits.

It was argued that the fierce weather which had prevented a salvage operation also helped break up the oil.

He was half-annoyed and half-worried that George had gone up onto the moor in such fierce weather.

He loved fierce weather, loved being out in it.

San Diego had its share of fierce weather last week when 50 mile-an-hour winds roared through the city.