But then it swept over a pool of unusually warm water in the Gulf of Mexico.
Another hiker followed and the three died after they were swept over the powerful 317-foot falls.
Three months later, his first windmill churned to life as relief swept over him.
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The landslide at Lilydale Regional Park swept over a group of children from Peter Hobart Elementary School in St.
French defender Calve swept over a cross from the right into the path of Cresswell, who made no mistake from six yards.
Witnesses told park authorities that the three hikers who were swept over the waterfall in July 2011 had climbed over a safety rail.
The bodies of a man, woman and two children were found inside a car swept over a cliff by flood water, Jamaican police said.
The BBC's Security correspondent Frank Gardner says Saudi Arabia has so far resisted the wave of change that has swept over much of the Arab world.
The draft EU constitution now has more opponents than supporters in Finland, but then the wind of globalisation has swept over Finland with a harsh hand over the past year.
In the 1950s and 1960s, a wave of Arab nationalism emanating from Egypt swept over the Middle East - threatening the pro-Western monarchies such as the House of Saud with destruction.
Jacques Courtin-Clarins, who created the company 54 years ago and took it public in 1984, consistently maintained his determination to keep the company independent of the consolidation that has swept over the luxury-products market.
As optimism swept over the town in recent weeks, studio executives and producers frantically prepared themselves for this day, hoping to salvage the remainder of the current television season and getting to work on fare for the next.
The biggest toll from the disaster is likely to come from those who drowned as the giant wave swept over cities and farmland and then withdrew back toward the sea, according to Pascal James Imperato, the Dean of the School of Public Health at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.
Strauss batted on, reaching his half-century with a swept six over midwicket before he was finally bowled by Ranjith.
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Spinners Sachin Tendulkar and Piyush Chawla looked set to increase the stranglehold, but Cook demonstrated more potential for adapting when he slog-swept Chawla over mid-wicket for four and Bell pulled a Tendulkar long hop for a one-bounce four.
In March 1999, Piccard was on the final leg of an around-the-world journey by hot air balloon the first-ever nonstop flight of its kind when his Breitling Orbiter 3 swept low over the Egyptian desert and skidded to a halt on the corrugated plains.
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Yeah, you know, Wall Street - the contagion of fear that has swept Wall Street over the last month hit Main Street on Monday after this was voted down.
Some are simply looking to find a job after being hit in the layoffs that have swept through the economy over the last few years.
After getting swept by the Mets over four games, Girardi was fired up and got ejected in the fifth inning for arguing a forceout call against New York by second base umpire Vic Carapazza.
After getting swept by the Mets over four games, Yankees manager Joe Girardi was fired up and got ejected in the fifth inning for arguing a call against New York by second base umpire Vic Carapazza.
Italy left two strikers forward and the tactic paid off as Riccardo Montolivo swept a long ball over the head of Philipp Lahm, allowing Balotelli to chest the ball down and run clear before smashing an unstoppable shot beyond a stunned Manuel Neuer.
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The runs soon began to flow again and the opener hit two fours in an over off Steyn soon after the resumption and swept slow left-armer Paul Harris for six over mid-wicket.
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Last month, the tantalizing theory swept armchair archaeologists the world over when Reeves published a report suggesting Nefertiti has been hiding in plain sight all along.
Also Thursday, temple members swept, scrubbed and painted over damage to their building when investigators allowed them back inside four days after the attack.
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We begin with Barack Obama who swept all four Democratic contests over the weekend beating Hillary Clinton to take the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Maine, Nebraska and Washington State.
Venture capitalists fear getting swept up in the controversy over the tax treatment of "carried interest, " typically a 20% stake that fund managers receive on the sale of their assets.
It got even more exciting when Tamim slog-swept two sixes in an over off Swann, and as he eyed his third Test century Kayes reached his first fifty at this level with a well-executed sweep shot for four off the expensive Swann.
The tidal wave obliterated Warapu and several other villages as it swept almost two kilometres over a mile inland.
On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police announced that it has charged 1, 005 people after 1, 733 arrests over the rioting that swept through the capital.
Of the seven No. 1-seeds who swept No. 8-seeds over the previous decade, only the 2008 Lakers reached the NBA Finals, before falling to Boston.
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