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

Great howls of wind echoed down the Doo Lough Valley, and they were answered in volleyed sequence by the howls of the Killary dogs.

NEWYORKER: Fjord of Killary

Other stories hunted down by Ms Willmore include East Wind and The Limpit which only appeared in America and The Happy Valley which was published in a magazine in 1932.

BBC: Daphne du Maurier in Fowey

Although the landscape can shield people from sound, the report says one respondent living within 1km of a wind farm said the sound echoed off a nearby mountain into the valley where they lived.

BBC: Wind turbine

In a second rescue above the Ogwen Valley, three people from Warwick had called for help in the snow and bitter wind.

BBC: North West Wales

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it is bringing online 1, 200 megawatts of nuclear power, purchasing 27 megawatts of wind power and updating hydro generating facilities.

FORBES: Spitzer Strikes Again

It's dropped a degree today, the wind must have changed easterly during the night, and later we'll get fog in the valley.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Sister'