Sentences with phrase «u.s. hurricane damage»

We do not expect to see a global warming signal in U.S. hurricane damage for some decades.

Thus it is hardly surprising that the upward trend in U.S. hurricane damage is of only marginal statistical significance, and Pielke's own analysis shows that it takes several decades for such a trend to emerge.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON, March 6 - Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai proposed on Tuesday directing $ 954 million toward restoring and expanding communications networks in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands heavily damaged during the 2017 hurricane season.

WASHINGTON, March 6 - The chairman of the U.S. telecoms regulator proposed on Tuesday directing $ 954 million to restore and expand communications networks in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands that were heavily damaged during the 2017 hurricane season.

ExxonMobil admitted on Tuesday that Hurricane Harvey damaged two of its refineries, resulting in the release of pollutants from its Baytown refinery, the second - largest in the U.S..

U.S. stocks rallied to record highs Monday as Hurricane Irma weakened without causing as much damage as many had feared, and a North Korean holiday passed without new missile launches.

AUSTIN — A trio of monster hurricanes and a ferocious wildfire season led to the costliest year for natural disasters on record in the U.S. in 2017, with nearly a third of a trillion dollars in damage,...

AUSTIN — A trio of monster hurricanes and a ferocious wildfire season led to the costliest year for natural disasters on record in the U.S. in 2017, with nearly a third of a trillion dollars in damage, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday.

2017.09.11 RBC commits US$ 300,000 in support of Hurricane Irma relief efforts Today, RBC announced a funding commitment of US$ 300,000 to support organizations providing relief and humanitarian efforts for those affected by the devastating damage caused by Hurricane Irma in many Caribbean countries and the state of Florida in the U.S....

U.S. stocks opened sharply higher on Monday as the damage from Hurricane Irma didn't appear to be as bad as feared.

It may also be that, with damage estimates of $ 50 billion positioning Hurricane Sandy as second only to Hurricane Katrina in terms of total losses, investors may be sticking with the relative safety of the U.S. bond market.

The U.S. government's National Flood Insurance Program has about $ 7.6 billion in available funds to pay Hurricane Harvey - related claims with analysts estimating damages of several times that amount.

With flooding continuing in Houston, plus more than a foot of rain likely still to come through Friday, predictions of damage have ranged as high as $ 100 billion, and Wall Street and Washington are braced for the repercussions of the costliest U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a delegation of administration officials traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Irma on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017.

Now, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and other members of the Texas delegation are requesting federal assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which has caused widespread damage and flooding in Houston and other parts of the state.

Last week the governor traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands for a day to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Irma and offered relief in the way of emergency personnel to help with search and rescue missions.

Puerto Rico's nonvoting representative in the U.S. Congress said that Hurricane Maria's destruction has set the island back decades, even as authorities worked to assess the extent of the damage.

A Puerto Rico dam damaged by heavy rains from Hurricane Maria was in danger of failing, posing a risk to communities downstream, as people across the U.S. territory sought to dig out from the deadly storm.

On the heels of his trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday to survey hurricane damage, Cuomo was asked on Lehrer's program if he is taking actions with an eye toward 2020.

BY MICHAEL CAHILL If Hurricane Sandy damaged your home or business, then the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are here to help.

The bankruptcy scheme involved assertions Harris made in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in which she claimed she was receiving $ 1,200 a month in financial assistance from the landlord that she falsely claimed she was paying $ 1,550 a month in rent because her home had been damaged in the hurricane, federal authorities said.

U.S. Representative Nita Lowey said, «Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee caused severe damage to Westchester and Rockland County homes, businesses, and infrastructure.

Ronald Sanders, the U.S. ambassador for Antigua and Barbuda, says islands should take a more aggressive tone in Bonn after this year's damaging hurricane season.

«U.S. federal agencies remapping coastal areas damaged by Hurricane Sandy.»

Less than a year after Hurricane Matthew raked the East Coast, killing 34 people and causing $ 10 billion in damage in the U.S. alone, coastal areas are once again preparing for the onset of the Atlantic hurricanHurricane Matthew raked the East Coast, killing 34 people and causing $ 10 billion in damage in the U.S. alone, coastal areas are once again preparing for the onset of the Atlantic hurricanehurricane season.

Three massive hurricanes, severe storms and wildfires across the U.S. caused more than $ 306 billion in damage last year, making 2017 the most expensive year for climate disasters on record.

Hurricane Irma: $ 50 Billion When: Sept. 6 to 12, 2017 Deaths: 97 The damage: The Florida Keys, U.S. Virgin Islands and parts of the Caribbean were destroyed by Irma, which reached category 5 force by the time it reached St.John and St. Thomas.

Storm surges are responsible for a huge amount of damage, injury and death — they are blamed for over half of hurricane - related deaths in the U.S., according to Jamie Rhome, storm surge team lead for the NHC.

They could foretell historically unprecedented strings of storms in the Atlantic basin's climate - changed future, some of which would make Hurricane Sandy, which killed 72 people and caused an estimated $ 50 billion damage in the U.S. alone, seem like a storm in a teacup.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the assistance as part of a $ 693 million package that will also help schools in Texas, hit hard by hurricanes in 2017, and California, where many campuses were damaged by wildfires.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate announced today the final agreement for the obligation of $ 1.84 billion dollars in funding for the state of Louisiana's Recovery School District (RSD) and Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) for the repair and replacement of public schools in Orleans Parish, including the City of New Orleans, damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

about Federal Highway Administration Provides $ 6.5 Million to the U.S. Virgin Islands for Repairs to Hurricane - Damaged Roads and Bridges

Consecutive extreme hurricanes caused loss of life and hundreds of billions of dollars in damage along our Gulf Coast, Florida and in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands — which endured two Category 5 storms in two weeks!

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that $ 28 million will be made available to repair roads and bridges in federal parks and recreation areas in New York and New Jersey damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced he is making $ 4 million in quick release emergency relief funds immediately available to North Carolina to help begin repairing the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, while assessments continue throughout the Northeast to determine the full extent of the damage.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced he is making $ 20 million in quick release emergency relief funds immediately available to New York to continue to repair damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.

The fires in Northern California have destroyed thousands of homes and the relentless string of hurricanes have damaged parts of Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

And all the more so, given that there was growing concern at the time that Hurricane Nate may enter the U.S. Central Gulf Coast and inflict some damage there.

A Massachusetts sheriff who proposed sending county jail inmates to help President Donald Trump build a wall along the U.S. - Mexico border is offering to send inmates to Texas to help clean up damage from Hurricane Harvey.

Between the shutdown of oil refineries and chemical plants, impaired roads and ports, and widespread damage to homes, businesses and cars, the economic toll from Hurricane Harvey is now being estimated as the second - costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, trailing only the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

According to Reuters, Hurricane Irma killed four people in the U.S. Virgin Islands and caused widespread damage to infrastructure.

Airports in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria, are starting to reopen.

The Caribbean, Florida, and the Southern States are accustomed to hurricanes, and awareness is now greater along the eastern seaboard of the U.S. Over the years well - developed hurricane monitoring, education and response procedures have greatly reduced loss of life and infrastructure damage.

As discussed at a recent meeting hosted by the Heinz Center and Ceres in Boston kicking off their Resilient Coasts project, a similar coast - hugging blow by a powerful hurricane along the U.S. coast could result in $ 300 - 350 billion in insured damage.

Damage from extreme weather events during 2017 racked up the biggest - ever bills for the U.S.. Most of these events involved conditions that align intuitively with global warming: heat records, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding, hurricane damage and heavy raiDamage from extreme weather events during 2017 racked up the biggest - ever bills for the U.S.. Most of these events involved conditions that align intuitively with global warming: heat records, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding, hurricane damage and heavy raidamage and heavy rainfall.

Reconstructing communities devastated by these storms is slow and expensive — in August, Hurricane Harvey caused $ 180 billion in damage, ranking it among the most costly natural disasters in U.S. history.

Tornadoes and other severe thunderstorm phenomena frequently cause as much annual property damage in the U.S. as do hurricanes, and often cause more deaths.

As the northeast coast mourns and struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. death toll nears 100 and experts estimate up to $ 20 billion in total insured damages.

Circa 2012: Hurricane Sandy causes an estimated $ 100 billion in damages in the U.S. Northeast.

Irma comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Harvey smashed ashore in Texas, knocking offline almost a quarter of U.S. oil refining capacity and causing widespread damage, power outages and flooding.