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High winds in Qatar, play suspended
CBSSports.com
DOHA, Qatar -- European Tour officials reduced the Qatar Masters to 54 holes when they called off play Friday after strong winds moved golf balls and blowing sand reduced visibility on several holes. Officials initially suspended play at 9:13 am local ...
High Winds Halt Second Round of Qatar MastersCybergolf National
Play suspended in Qatar due to high windsSports Mole
Play called off at Qatar Masters due to windSan Jose Mercury News
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Several hurt as high winds buffet Melbourne
The Age
Ambulance Victoria said a 19-year-old man briefly lost consciousness when he was struck on the head and arm by a tree branch in Fitzroy Gardens just before 1pm. Advanced life support paramedic Stuart North said the man was taken to Royal Melbourne ...

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CBS Local

Rescued hiker says White Mountains are out
Boston Herald
By Edward D. Murphy / Portland Press Herald, Maine After he broke a snowshoe and high winds forced him off a trail on Franconia Ridge into chest-high snow, Evan Embrey wasn't worried about surviving, but he did have an epiphany about hiking in the ...
Rescued Man Was Mostly Worried About RescuersNew Hampshire Public Radio
Mainer OK after rescue in NH mountainsBoston.com
Rescuers Battle Extreme Conditions To Find Stranded HikerWMUR Manchester
The Republic
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High winds threaten to spread bushfire into Grampians National Park
Herald Sun
''We've got very high winds and warm temperatures.'' Mr Day said crews were using bulldozers to clear scrub and put a break around the perimeter of the bushfire, because fire cannot burn through earth. There is no current threat to homes but residents ...

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Sydney Morning Herald

Winds down trees and power lines across city
Sydney Morning Herald
Photo: Lawrence Money Melbourne emergency service volunteers and train commuters are continuing to feel the impacts of yesterday's high winds as clean-up operations continue today. Winds of up to 100 kilometres an hour caused injury and widespread ...
1400 calls for help after winds hit MelbourneMoreland Leader

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WDBJ7

Officials: All prescribed burns in Brevard canceled due to high winds
WKMG Orlando
The Brevard Division of Forestry have canceled any prescribed burns in Brevard County following forecasts of strong easterly winds coupled with gusts of up to 30 mph today, officials said. The National Weather Service wind charts show that gusts up to ...
Cooler temperatures, breezy winds expected in Oklahoma City SundayNewsOK.com
Capital Region weather forecast for Sunday February 5, 2012Examiner.com
Forecast: Sunny, high near 50Baltimore Sun
Capital Times (blog) -Florida Today -My West Texas
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No damage reported from high winds in Top of Utah
StandardNet
By Scott Schwebke OGDEN -- High winds blew through portions of Davis and Weber counties early Friday but produced no reports of damage. Winds that gusted to 71 mph on Ogden Peak around 2:45 am were caused by a storm over Colorado and a ridge of high ...

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CBC.ca

Storm blasts Newfoundland and Labrador; high winds to stick around
Winnipeg Free Press
GANDER, NL - The worst is over, but Environment Canada says parts of Newfoundland can still expect high winds overnight and Sunday morning after an intense blizzard swept through the province. David Neil, a meteorologist with Environment Canada in ...
Windy storm whips into eastern NewfoundlandCBC.ca
Windy winter storm hits NewfoundlandUPI.com
Just Over 10 cm on the AvalonVOCM

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Irish Times

High winds frustrate Doha field
Irish Times
Golf: Less than three hours' play was possible before strong winds brought a suspension of play at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters in Doha today. That was long enough, however, for Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano to lose the lead he held with his ...
High winds cause Tom Lewis' second round of the Qatar Masters to be suspendedTimes 24
Qatar Masters cut to 54 holes after winds end play very early on FridayPGA.com
Play called off at Qatar Masters due to windSTLtoday.com
Fox News -CNN
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Little snowfall in Greeley, but high winds keeping Weld County closed
Greeley Tribune
No major roads or county roads were closed because of the storm, but high winds - which caused snow to drift on the roads and freeze into ice - are what prompted Weld offices and schools to close for the day, said Janet Carter, Weld traffic engineer.

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