There was only the crashing surf in the distance and a low whistle of coastal wind.
It has a high tolerance to salt-laden coastal winds.
Khazri is the gale-force coastal wind and one of the prevailing winds in the area.
It won't be long now before the hurricane season has passed, and, with it, the volatility of coastal winds.
(It also becomes less of one for humans in the early spring, when the coastal winds occasionally die down.)
During the last few hours, the coastal winds had taken the smoke clouds inland, and the air was clean and salty.
Another feature popular with tourists are the trees that are bent 90 degrees due to the coastal winds.
But, driven by gusty coastal winds, the storms blew through many areas too quickly to cause much havoc.
A stiff coastal wind was making the job difficult.
The first settlers had built airlocks into their houses against the ferocious coastal winds.