But the storm has diminished to winds of 120 miles per hour.

That did not occur, she said, "because the storm diminished in intensity and entered and exited the state relatively quickly."

By midnight the fastest winds had dropped to 105 m.p.h. as the storm, which had moved about 25 miles inland, slowly diminished.

By 26 February, however, a storm had both diminished visibility and interfered with the ship's equipment.

Though the storm had diminished, enough savage energy remained to suit her mood.

When day broke, grey and chilly, the storm had diminished to a steady, soaking rain, yet even so the godswood was crowded.

Casualties proved difficult to count because the storm diminished human capacity and physical resources for such record keeping.

He could tell the storms had diminished in force during the last several hours.

The shrieking winds had been terrible enough but Gold had passed, and the storms had diminished.

But the storm had diminished.