But Nick Phillips, whose Exeter company, G Phillips and Sons, specialises in farming and country clothing, said the wind and rain had resulted in a hike in sales.
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When the Palestinian fighters came from Jordan in the late 1960s we had more say here, and they encouraged us to get out of the wind and rain and we made houses out of concrete blocks for the first time.
The lowest logs were now buried in the earth, as if returning to their birthplace, and from these logs, from the very lowest part of the hut, were growing two new weak branches, which would one day turn into mighty oaks and eat with their roots the dust of this dwelling that had been exhausted by the wind, the rain, and the human race.
The visitors made a nervous start against the wind and rain at Rodney Parade, where the Dragons had won their last four matches.
The sound of wind and rain lashing the trees outside infiltrated the silence.
The crowd of mourners and servicemen braved rain and wind to line the route.
Simpson was thinking of laying up on the par-5 fifth hole when the rain and wind subsided, and he switched to a fairway metal and reached the green.
The Environment Agency said the wind and rain could lead to localised flooding from blocked drains and streams.
She passed the night outside in the wind and rain.
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It began early in the morning with Darren Clarke, the 42-year veteran from Northern Ireland, fending off challenges from talented Americans Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson and battling wind and rain to capture the first major of his career, his beloved British Open.
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Glenullin had the better of the first half in horrendous conditions, wind and rain making the pitch difficult for both teams, the Mitchel's ahead 0-06 to 0-04 at the break.
In the upper Midwest, thousands of homes and businesses also lost power because of heavy wet snow, ice and wind in the past couple of days, while rain and snow raised flooding concerns in various areas of the Midwest.
There was no moon, and under the low cloud cover a brisk unseasonable wind ruffled the old Norwegian maples that lined the street and dropped a fine rain of spring buds on my shoulders and in my hair.
"The brunt of the storm itself was intense but short -- there was very strong rain and wind for about 15 minutes, at which point the rain cleared and the lightning show began, " said Matthew Burke, a CNN iReporter who photographed lightning sprawling across the New York City skyline.
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As he was firing up the rum for his citrus rum butter, it began to rain and the wind blew.
Laois, helped by the introduction of Brian McDonald and Billy Sheehan, fought bravely to get back into the game but they were frustrated by the atrocious conditions as a couple of efforts went narrowly wide in the wind and rain.
Three thousand tobacco houses that were demolished by the wind and the rain.
To protect his canvas from the wind and rain, he used man-made shelters on the path.
It is not unusually cold for the last day of April in Massachusetts, but the wind is strong and there has been no rain for weeks.
In Mobile, Alabama, on the Gulf Coast, residents prepared for the possibility of heavy rain and wind gusts as strong as 30 mph early Tuesday.
Philadelphia (CNN) -- Darryl Williams and Benjamin Kline were shivering before the speech even started, their black umbrella no match for the steady rain and brisk Philadelphia wind.
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Scores of others, like Delores Culp, a 59-year-old military veteran, live in homes that still have blue tarps on roofs to cover holes, and now they're wondering if the flimsy coverings will stand up to wind and driving rain from Irene.
The building's steel lattice roof collapsed after a night of heavy rain and wind, but the council's building control officer Paul Dunstall said at the time he did not believe the weather was to blame.
Chicago is dealing with a foot and a half of snow, freezing rain is falling in the Northeast and the wind chill is in the 20s here in the Sonoran Desert.
The steel lattice roof collapsed about 04:30 GMT after a night of heavy rain and wind, but the council's building control officer Paul Dunstall said at the time he did not believe the weather was to blame.
Residents of the city awakened to crumbling walls, crushed cars, fallen trees and scattered branches after heavy rain, wind and hail hit Wednesday night, the state-run Telam agency said.
The formation of table mountains is a result of the erosion of softer rocks by wind and rain.
Most of all, there is nothing as satisfying as those moments where you step out on a dark night, the wind blowing, the rain beating down, with a long journey ahead - and decide to catch the Tube instead.
The building's steel lattice roof collapsed after a night of heavy rain and wind but Wealden District Council does not believe the weather was to blame.
Wine character fluctuates with each vintage dependent on how cool or how warm it got, the amount of rain in the spring and fall, the wind and even the bird population.
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