The luxurious new Black Rock Oceanfront Resort is a curving sweep of glass, steel, and wood beside the rain forest and above a surge channel that boasts the best storm-watching in the West.

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Asked about the effectiveness of the "surge, " he told the Pentagon Channel, "we believe that we have taken the initiative away from the enemy" -- particularly the al Qaeda in Iraq militant group.

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Storm surge there knocked out the train tracks that cross Broad Channel.

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Bristol survived the initial surge but when the Cherry and Whites switched possession to the left Morgan sliced through the defence down the outside centre channel before stepping inside the cover and diving over with two defenders hanging off him.

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