"A 40ft container of products fell from the deck in a storm in the Bay of Biscay bound for the Spanish Christmas market last month, " she told the BBC News website.

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When wading through a storm drain near Jamaica Bay in New York, Duncan and a friend came very close to drowning.

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Storm surges along Apalachee Bay were expected to run 2 to 4 feet, with 1- to 3-foot tidal flooding expected to the south, including Tampa Bay, the hurricane center said.

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The storm surge came from the Vermillion Bay, just off the Gulf Coast, so they're sending it back.

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West Bengal's Fisheries Minister Kiranmoy Nanda told the BBC that at least 60 trawlers had been out at sea when the storm picked up strength in the Bay of Bengal.

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Kayaking across San Francisco Bay at night in a storm, he says, teaches even the toughest executive to delegate responsibility.

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The storm cut a channel between the ocean and Barnegat Bay, severing the town in two before repairs filled the breach.

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The bay, which has deteriorated because of overdevelopment and storm water runoff, was battered further by Hurricane Sandy.

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