Workers have been placing long lengths of containment booms around the oil as winds and waves push it toward shore.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

The area has been described as a kind of oceanic desert, with light winds and slow moving water currents.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Those with the highest winds that destroy well-built homes and throw vehicles more than one hundred meters are called an F-five.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

He faced winds blowing more than one hundred twenty kilometers an hour, and ocean waves at least twenty meters high.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

This wet air is then carried by trade winds to the normally rainy areas of the western Pacific, near the Equator.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

It was a lonely land. And the howling of wolves and winds at night made it more so.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

Tornadoes form when winds blowing in different directions meet in the cloud and begin to turn in circles.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Tornadoes form when winds blowing in different directions meet in the clouds and begin to turn in circles.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

He would often stand on the deck of his ship, in the cold rain and fierce winds.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

However,snow can become hard and flat as it becomes older or if there have been strong winds.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

The Anderson reported winds of about one hundred forty kilometers an hour and waves ten meters high.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

On some winter days, for example, you may find cold winds and snow at the top.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

The high winds and angry seas in this area of the world created deadly storms.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

She is standing on the front of a ship facing the strong island winds.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

It had bright green hills and deep forests where soft winds touched the trees.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

But there was the danger not just of attacks but also floods,fires,winds and storms.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Winds,water and time had reduced Poplar Island to only a few pieces of land.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

This creates more rainfall. The trade winds become stronger as the process gets repeated.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

Usually,this requires near freezing temperatures, light winds and changing conditions in Earth's atmosphere.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

Driven by strong winds, the sand moves and covers everything in its path.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

The early November winds reached hurricane force and caused waves eleven meters high.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

They form in areas with strong winds but a limited supply of sand.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Heavy snow and high winds damaged some of Washington's famous cherry trees.

VOA: special.2010.02.23

And before long,he says, winds carried the disease from Kenya to Ethiopia.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Usually,this requires near-freezing temperatures, light winds and changing conditions in Earth's atmosphere.

VOA: special.2011.01.11

Heavy snow and high winds damaged some of the city's cherry trees.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

But no matter what the size,tornado winds are the strongest on Earth.

VOA: special.2010.05.11