miles
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On Thursday morning, there were heavy thunderstorms throughout southern Ventura County with radar tracking storm activity along a line extending from 6 miles south of La Conchita to near Point Mugu.
From Los Angeles Times
Wind gusts were up to 50 miles per hour, according to the weather service: “While not immediately likely, Doppler Radar has indicated some weak rotation with this activity, and a brief, weak tornado cannot be ruled out.”
From Los Angeles Times
Parts of the Front Range, the easternmost section of the Southern Rocky Mountains, saw winds as strong as 85 miles an hour blowing debris and kindling-dry brush against the power lines.
The building agency has already constructed thousands of miles of new roads along the border.
At nearly 14,000 feet, the new Mudh-Nyoma air force base in Ladakh is India’s closest airfield to the border, with China 19 miles away.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
