They would have been gone last night, if not for the storm.

They just had to wait for the storm to pass.

It took eight minutes for the storm to get from the river up here.

All you could do was stand by and wait for the storm to pass.

You see, the man was my friend and yet, had it not been for the storm, I would have killed him.

No information on a track for the storm is available.

It took about two hours for the storm to pass.

I started to read while waiting for the storm to pass.

It was early in the summer for storms, but one could only hope.

He is said to have been sick and decided to stay in town for the storm.