Sentences with phrase «when flooding rain»

«When flooding rain accumulates in these areas, it can flow in just about any direction depending upon how high it gets.»

Not exact matches

Even when it rains now, my two - year - old daughter climbs onto the couch and is worried about the house being flooded.

When Hurricane Harvey blew into Texas last weekend, it dumped more than 30 inches of rain, flooding Houston and large areas of southeastern Texas, while leaving thousands homeless or without power.

However, most poor farmers merely pray for water when rain and floods fail.

When Hurricane Irma was advancing toward Florida in early September, weather officials were looking at a very scary scenario: an extremely powerful Category 4 or 5 storm hitting with 150 mph winds, flooding rains, and up to 15 feet of storm surge for coastal cities like Miami and Tampa.

Last week, when I heard my colleagues talking about Hurricane Harvey, I did not think much of it beyond the typical flood warnings that come with any bout of heavy rain in Houston.

If I've learned anything over the past few years it's been that when the rains come down and the floods come up, when doubt and frustration whip like wind against my faith, all the apologetics in the world can't ground me like the simple, yet profoundly challenging teachings of Jesus Christ.

Other floods occur when excess rain causes rivers to overflow their banks into the surrounding area.

If you noticed, we also need water to live and you'll find that most places are built near or on water sources for that reason, yet when it rains really hard or for other natural occuring events, floods happen.

Everything looks good now, when times are peaceful and good, it all looks equivalent... until the bad times come (metaphorically, rains and floods) and your beliefs and philosophies fail you and the real fools are exposed.

and when the floods come the same stupid people will be on their knees begging for the rain to stop - do you think your god has a big learing grin on his face when he pulls these stunts?

ya i know christians ruin everything they ruin people from spending eternity in hell fire.but hey you wan na go there go do nt let the christians stop you.like i said its gona be like noah and the flood everybody laughed and mocked him and than the rains came nobody was laughing than werae they just like the end of the age when the christians who spoil everything are gone and the people are left to meet their fate nobody will be laughing than

an «AgriTurismo» B&B and nearly got flooded out when the rains hit the area hard.

Perfect as far as the accessibility goes, but when it rained on Wednesday it flooded from the hall door all the way to the patio doors.

But on the first morning of the storm, when the rain and flooding were most intense, I did actually laugh out loud when I learned via Facebook that the Houston Chronicle had chosen that particular day to publish a school food opinion piece I'd submitted a few weeks before.

But on the first morning of the storm, when the rain and flooding were most intense, I did actually laugh out loud when I learned... [Continue reading]

«When the heavy rains started no body was responsible for issuing flood warnings to those people whose properties may be affected,» the MPs write.

While the odds of flooding are lower than last week, when heavy rain fell and snow melted in 60 degree temperatures, the potential for ice jam flooding remains elevated.

The Army Corps of Engineers argues that this spring's heavy rains prompted the flooding, but Godfrey told them that the region has received more rain in several other years when there was no flood damage.

The Oneida County Health Department is urging residents impacted by recent flooding conditions to take precautions when dealing with flood waters resulting from the heavy rains and overflow conditions.

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Back here in Rockland County, Clarkstown police say Route 303 and Route 59 near the Palisades Mall have a tendency to flood quickly and rather deep when it rains, so usually once most of that water drains out, they're able to reopen the roads.

When the crested floatingheart gets into canals, drainage is impeded, posing a serious flooding threat during heavy rains.

Wetter ground is more liable to flood when hit by a surge of rain or snowmelt.

Furthermore, we also saw about a ten - time delay in ice accumulation during freezing rain when compared to surfaces flooded with antifreeze.»

When it comes to flash flooding, the amount of rain that falls over a period of time is much more important than the total volume of rainfall that a given storm delivers.

Protect your feet when wading through floods of water with rain boots.

A little bit of flooding in certain areas has become normal in Houston when we have a hard rain, but this time the flooding affected many new areas as most of our creeks and bayous crested or hit «flood stage.»

The five of them end up in a shack with no running water or electricity, cut off from town by a wooden bridge that floods when it rains, not far from their black sharecropper tenants, Florence and Hap Jackson (Mary J. Blige and Rob Morgan).

Located in Brooke village about six miles South of Norwich, The Brooke Church of England Primary School is a brick building surrounded by an asphalted playground which tended to flood when there was heavy rain.

The vehicle handled itself great when presented with the different seasons of Florida, including high winds, strong rain and hail, and the occasional flooded intersection.

They had both been relieved when the rains came — and the house hadn't flooded.

Which, when you study flood insurance contracts you learn does not just cover flooding but also cases of extreme rain where, the house you built on the hill or mountain goes sliding down the hill in a massive mudslide.

«I lived in the basement apartment, and more than once, when there was a heavy rain, my apartment was completely flooded,» said Johnson, while holding up an enlarged photo of her former residence.

When you look at the number of homeless pets that flood animal controls around Chicago, it really feels like its Raining Cats and Dogs.

Ever - present dangers, including carelessly discarded toxic chemicals, moving vehicles and, when it rains, flooding from a waterway that borders one side of the complex have already claimed many lives.

When I was reading the recent news reports about Colombia's terrible rains and floods that have been ravaging the South American country for the last few weeks, it made me think back to my own trip there almost two years ago to the date.

I ended up stranded at a restaurant one evening when the rains came down and was forced to wade through knee - deep water in the flooded streets in order to get back to my hostel.

Sunrises flood the land with amber light, and when a rain storm blows in, your character will grimace and start brushing water off their clothes.

When assessing current groundwater levels in the UK, consider «Australia's Flooding Rains Briefly Slowed Sea Level Rise» http://www.climatecentral.org/news/floods-in-australia-briefly-slowed-sea-level-rise-study-finds-16373

Let me see if I got it right: (1) With GW we're not sure of getting much change in overall global average precip, but when when it rains it pours... & floods, which also means on the flip side we would expect increasing periods of no precip (aka droughts), since the global average precip is not changing.

Finally, as Paul S. mentions, even when there is little change in the amount of water, if the rain is becomes more concentrated in downpours and flash floods this will do little to alleviate any drought.

Alertnet: Muhammad Mushtaq moved his family and several neighbours to safety last September when their homes in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani - administered Kashmir, were flooded by an overflowing stream during heavy monsoon rains.

It also seems to have been a factor from 19 to 25 April 2011 when exceptionally heavy rains, exceeding 300 mm, occurred over southern Missouri, parts of Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma, and southern Illinois, and extended along the Ohio River Valley http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=50243, as a prelude to the flooding in the Mississippi.

You tend to see more flooding events, because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, so when it does rain or snow, you actually get more precipitation.

When Hurricane Harvey reached Houston in August, it dumped 51 inches of rain, flooding an estimated 150,000 structures across the region, and killing more than 80.

When it stalled near the Houston area, the resulting rains broke precipitation records and caused devastating flooding.

Thunderstorms when the environmental conditions are right, turn severe, producing tornadoes, large hail, high winds, and heavy, flash - flood producing rains.

They have linked devastating drought to human - induced climate change; they have warned that such droughts could be «the new normal» for citizens; and that when the rains fall, they will bring ever more flooding.

Flooding is made worse when extreme rainfall occurs over impervious land (such as roads and buildings) and the rain can not soak in.