Austrians, Slovaks Suffer Wind Fatigue
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Relentless gale-force winds are making life miserable for Austrians, and as if two weeks of accidents, property damage and bad hair days haven't been enough, forecasters say more is on the way.
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ARE, Sweden  - Overcast skies hurt the highlight of the world Alpine skiing championships when the men's downhill scheduled for Saturday had to be postponed until Sunday.
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South-Eastern Europe reels from a wave of extremely hot weather that has killed several people.
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Hurricane-force winds swept across northern Europe on Saturday, leaving at least four dead in Denmark and three in Sweden, police said. Key bridges and airports were closed, while all rail and ferry traffic was suspended.
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Winds gusting up to 110 miles an hour knocked down trees and damaged structures.
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"In the vineyards, there are first signs of 'sunburn"  A heat wave sweeping central and southeastern Europe killed at least 13 people this week, with soaring temperatures sparking forest fires, damaging crops and prompting calls to ban horse-drawn tourist carriages.In Romania, where temperatures reached 104 degrees Friday, the Health Ministry said at least nine people had died since Monday due to heat.In Austria, where highs had hovered around 95 degrees for days, the Health Ministry said three deaths Thursday were likely heat-related. Austrian media said at least five people had died from the heat, including an elderly woman who collapsed on a Vienna street Friday. Read more
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Nicolas Massu from Chile reacts after making a point against Slovakia&#39;s Karol Kucera, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, during their first round match of the BA-CA tennis trophy in Vienna.
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Extreme weather hit Europe Saturday as the death toll from a heat wave in Romania, Austria and Bulgaria rose to 18 and hundreds faced another night of misery in flood-drenched England.
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Slow through the flats and fast in the mountains -- that's just what some riders are predicting as the Tour de France enters the Alps.
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Brett Quigley, Stewart Cink, Tom Byrum  and Hank Kuehne fired four-under-par 66s to share the  first-round lead at the Sony Open while champion Ernie Els and  teen-ager Michelle Wie were buffeted by Thursday's gusty winds.
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Unusual mild weather has led to a lack of snow in Europe, threatening tourism and trade, say two BBC reporters.
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VIENNA, Austria  - Bears in Slovakia are awakening early from hibernation. So are barmaids in Bavaria, unseasonably busy in outdoor beer gardens. Bushes are blooming in Austria, and skiers at snowless Bosnian resorts are chilling out in hotel pools.
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There's not enough snow in Europe and not enough dough in America. In a surprise announcement Wednesday night, Guenther Hujara, director of the men's World Cup, said there wasn't enough sponsorship dollars for Colorado resorts to hold some of the ski races that have been scrapped by warm weather and a lack of snow in Europe.
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But while the rain over the Austrian Alps left the players with nothing to do, the organisers were running around working out what to do next.
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Various parts of the UK, particularly Scotland and Northern Ireland, are set to be hit strong winds.
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WICHITA, Kan. _ The wind Kansans felt the past couple of days wasn't just run-of-the-mill wind.  It was monster wind.  It had gusts up to 55 and 60 mph, tore limbs off trees and blew Kansas dirt as far as Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Thunder, lightning and incessant rain delayed the start of the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie between Austria and Great Britain.