Sentences with phrase «u.s. weather disasters»

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Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

The U.S. endured 16 separate weather and climate disasters with losses that each exceeded $ 1 billion last year, with total costs of about $ 306 billion, a new record for the country.

In 2017, the U.S. endured its costliest year for weather and climate disasters on record because of a trio of monster hurricanes and a ferocious wildfire season.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the U.S. Small Business Administration has granted his request for a Physical Disaster Declaration for Cayuga, Oneida, Rensselaer, and Wyoming Counties and the contiguous counties of Albany, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Columbia, Cortland, Erie, Genesee, Greene, Herkimer, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Saratoga, Seneca, Tompkins, Washington, and Wayne following a weather system that brought severe storms and flash flooding from excessive rainfall that quickly overwhelmed roadways, homes and businesses from July 1 through July 24, 2017.

Near the halfway point, 2011 has already seen eight weather - related disasters in the U.S. that caused more than $ 1 billion in damages

In the U.S., more than 200 weather and climate disasters have exceeded $ 1 billion in damages since 1980, with a total cost exceeding $ 1.2 trillion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

This spring, all talk of disasters attributable to freak weather conditions turns eyes to the U.S.

«The U.S. [in 2011] experienced a record fourteen weather - related disasters each in excess of a billion dollars — and many more disasters of lesser magnitudes,» reports the non-profit Climate Science Watch (CSW).

Valuable space assets underpin our national security, help us forecast weather and predict natural disasters, enable GPS and satellite TV, spur our economy and industrial base, and keep U.S. troops and allies safe and...

They don't care that billion - dollar weathers disasters, intensified by climate change, are on the rise and impacting the U.S. economy and our infrastructure.

At the time the most expensive natural disaster ever to hit the U.S., Andrew caused an estimated $ 15 billion in insured losses in the state and changed the way insurance companies assessed their exposure to risk for weather - related events.

FEMA The FEMA app provides tips and tools for before, during, and after disasters, including weather - related alerts from the U.S. National Weather Service.

The U.S. has sustained 230 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages / costs reached or exceeded $ 1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2018).

In 2011, 11 of the 14 U.S. weather - related disasters with damages of more than $ 1 billion affected the Midwest.115 Several types of extreme weather events have already increased in frequency and / or intensity due to climate change, and further increases are projected (Ch.

The report focuses on weather disasters since 1980 in the USA, Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

A new report from Environment Missouri presents data on U.S. federally - declared weather disasters from 2006 to 2011, and says climate change will make extreme weather events like droughts and storms more common — and more severe.

With 16 billion - dollar disasters in 2017, the U.S. has now experienced 219 weather and climate disasters since 1980 — total losses exceed $ 1.5 trillion.NOAA NCEI Climate

The NOAA report highlights the extreme costs of climate and weather disasters despite President Donald Trump and his administration's skepticism — and downright indifference — towards climate policy, from pulling the U.S. out of the Paris agreement to dropping climate change from the list of national security threats.

And in a year when hurricanes and other forms of extreme weather hammered the U.S., the networks hardly ever mentioned climate change in their coverage of those disasters.

In 2011, 11 of the 14 U.S. weather - related disasters with damages of more than $ 1 billion occurred in the Midwest.

They don't care that billion - dollar weathers disasters, intensified by climate change, are on the rise and impacting the U.S. economy and our infrastructure.

Remember — this year has already seen more billion - dollar weather - related disasters than any year in U.S. history.

In 2012 alone, the costs of climate - and weather - related disasters in the U.S. were over $ 100 billion, according to the White House Climate Action Plan.

At the time the most expensive natural disaster ever to hit the U.S., Andrew caused an estimated $ 15 billion in insured losses in the state and changed the way insurance companies assessed their exposure to risk for weather - related events.

Following a year of weather extremes, disasters and policy clashes, we asked our readers to help us pick out the most important climate stories from the U.S. in 2017.

Implementing the President's Climate Action Plan will reduce pollution and provide significant economic benefits to the U.S.. From 2011 to 2012, the U.S. experienced 25 weather and climate disasters with damages totaling over $ 1 billion each, affecting the lives and livelihoods of many working families.

Whether in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world, low - income people are often most vulnerable to extreme weather disasters linked to our warming climate.

And that was before two years of off - the - charts extreme weather catastrophes, particularly in North America (see NOAA Chief 11/11: U.S. Record of a Dozen Billion - Dollar Weather Disasters in One Year Is «a Harbinger of Things to Come»).

* The U.S. government's full financial exposure from insurance programs (flood, multi-crop insurance etc), disaster relief and other forms of weather - related assistance has never been assessed.

There have been 15 billion - dollar weather - related disasters in the U.S. in 2017, and the year may finish as the costliest on record.

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The U.S. experienced 15 weather - related disasters last year, including drought, wildfire, flooding, severe storms and a hurricane, which together resulted in losses of $ 46 billion and the deaths of 138 people, NOAA said.

Nowadays, in the aftermath of every weather - related disaster, proponents of restricting fossil fuel use in the name of halting climate change are quick to place the blame for the tragedy on human - caused climate change (i.e., industrialized nations like the U.S.).

Sperling's BestPlaces recently ranked cities with populations of 500,000 or more based on the «Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S.» Researchers factored in a range of criteria, including economic stability, crime stats, extreme weather, natural disaster risk, housing depreciation, air quality, life expectancy, car fatalities, among other factors.