There was a global storm, for sure, but when the winds came, some had built their houses on rock, and some, like us on sand.

What helps Brazil is that its vast domestic market - it has a population of 195 million - helps shield it from any global economic storms.

Where is Britain's leadership in this global economic storm?

Running until late 1984, "War Picture Library was a monthly window into a six-year global storm that affected every family in Britain."

China's resource appetite has helped Australia weather much of the global economic storm.

There is a global storm, he says.

"It's the last global storm," he said.

Escalation of the covert US-Israeli campaign against Tehran risks a global storm.

Politically, a message that pays has been one that says: Rely on us to protect you from cutthroat capitalism, displaced factories and global storms.

Richard speculated that the dust might spread across the entire planet since it was the proper season for such global storms.