Weather officials said a wind trough extending from eastern to southern India and a western disturbance would result in rains this week.

WSJ: Rains to Lash Drought-Hit Western India

The loan will finance the Caithness Shepherds Flat project, an 845-megawatt wind generation facility located in eastern Oregon.

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The Pickens Plan, which was unveiled back in 2008 with a barrage of advertisements, interviews and events, was a plan to wean America off Middle Eastern energy sources and onto domestic sources like wind.

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Police have arrested five people in eastern Sicily suspected of involvement in Mafia corruption over contracts to build wind farms, Italian media report.

BBC: Italy makes 'Mafia' arrests over Sicily wind farms

The eastern mountains don't face the entire expanse of dunes, so the wind cuts the Sossusvlei valley into a "U" shape.

CNN: Romancing the dune in Namibia

Looking ahead, he said wind and snow showers were "likely to continue across north-eastern and central parts of the country, although the odd wintry flurry is possible almost anywhere".

BBC: UK snow: Weather prompts escape to foreign shores

At times, as I struggled to find the right windsurfer's balance in the Levantine wind, I could squint my eyes and almost imagine I was in eastern Oregon.

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Maryland's Bay Bridge, which connects Maryland's Eastern shore with the Baltimore-Washington region, closed in both directions, because of wind gusts of up to 60 mph.

NPR: Storm Strikes Mid-Atlantic; 250K Lose Power

Maryland's Bay Bridge, which connects Maryland's Eastern shore with the Baltimore-Washington region, was temporarily closed in both directions, because of wind gusts of up to 60 mph.

WSJ: Snowstorm spares DC, heads toward New England