Two days later, we arrived at a cluster of yurts to shelter from rain.

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The life boats were designed to hold 25 people and had canopies for shelter against pelting rain and winds.

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We negotiated cables and cases to the decks, and were confronted by a crowd that seemed more intent on shelter from the rain than listening to a star of Late Junction and her jittery sidekick.

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It's far from ideal but at least it is shelter from the lashing rain.

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In this economic recovery, however, homes have done much more than shelter people from wind and rain.

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But clouds quickly gathered, bringing rain and small hailstones, forcing people to take shelter under the massive colonnades lining the square for much of the Mass.

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Sidr's powerful winds and lashing rain uprooted trees, leveled homes and even damaged buildings where residents sought shelter.

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The relentless rain and cold of 2012 meant that in particular summer species struggled to find food, shelter and mating opportunities.

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That first night on the downs I slept in the dubious shelter of a forestry plantation called War Down, tucked into my little bivouac tent while the rain slipped down the conifer needles.

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Some of those who had gathered fled to shelter, but others remained determined to see out the whole seven-mile flotilla, even in torrential rain.

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