Everton managed to weather that storm and carved out a couple of their own openings, Leon Osman heading straight at Petr Cech and Beckford skewing way off target.

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But a passing motorist who parked his truck in the church drive-through to get out of the dangerous weather had a close call when the storm struck.

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But a passing motorist who parked his truck in the church's covered driveway to get out of the dangerous weather had a close call when the storm struck.

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And there is a modern El Nino going on, supposedly, out in the Pacific, and that can have a very large influence in the weather patterns, the storm tracks, the atmospheric waves across North America.

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Sunderland managed to weather the storm and even pushed for a winner themselves, substitute Welbeck - returning from six weeks out - turning and delivering a shot that a diving Szczesny did brilliantly to turn behind.

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