Nigeria is facing violent political turbulence that threatens to unravel a year-old experiment in democracy in Africa's most populous nation.

Also among the human debris were many who had died in recent weeks, pulled from their newly covered graves by the violent turbulence and added to the asteroid's cortege.

The connection had come loose while the plane was being bounced around by the violent turbulence.

The flight was waiting for weather to clear in Omaha before descending when violent turbulence compromised the structural integrity of the plane.

Sleds began weaving in the violent turbulence of those brakes.

At this point, the plane would pull up, becoming exposed to the violent turbulence which it immediately encountered.

In stormy weather, holes in the prow would partially fill with water when the ship pitched forward, thus lessening the violent turbulence caused by waves.

He fought to strap the tank to his chest in the violent turbulence of the passing ship overhead.

When this happens, the jump can be accompanied by violent turbulence, eddying, air entrainment, and surface undulations, or waves.

Falling through a vortex of multi-coloured energy, the Moon is buffeted by violent turbulence.