Sentences with phrase «after becoming a hurricane»

Just nine hours after becoming a hurricane, Wilma's wind speeds had jumped from 75 mph to 100 mph.

Not exact matches

After Irma hit, on Sept. 7 Branson became vocal again to share that he and his team had made it through the hurricane.

«After Hurricane Harvey, it became apparent that we needed to create a more comprehensive and formalized disaster recovery plan suitable for a small business — not a typical cookie - cutter disaster plan,» Nick Bednorz, CEO of Comensure in Houston, said via email.

Irma is expected to become the second powerful storm to thrash the U.S. mainland in as many weeks after devastating Hurricane Harvey, but its precise trajectory remained uncertain.

The ship became available after the hurricane forced the cancellation of a scheduled cruise to the Bahamas.

At least 300,000 borrowers will become delinquent on their loans when banks initiate foreclosure proceedings after Hurricane Harvey.

Ricardo Ramos, who had been the executive director of PREPA since March, became a «distraction» from the island's efforts to rebuild after the Hurricane Maria disaster, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said a press conference on Friday.

After Hurricane Andrew the cost of plywood went through the roof and became very difficult to obtain in large quantities for building a new home or large addition.

As mainstream television news became weather - hysteric after Hurricane Katrina, the sports talk radio world was indulging in one hysteria after another, all surnamed «- gate,» of which Deflategate was the most ludicrous in breadth, depth, and length (if not necessarily in, er, volume).

While Americans and the media convened, debated and celebrated in Tampa and Charlotte in recent weeks, thousands of Americans in southeastern Louisiana became homeless, finding themselves living without electricity, clean water or other basic necessities after Hurricane Isaac hit.

I was being hard on myself thinking I was evil for feeling this way about my two cats after becoming a single Mom to my now 17 - month - old whom I've dubbed the Hurricane since I can not keep up with his energy or his mess.

Cuomo's fashion choice for disasters and emergencies has become a familiar sight for many New Yorkers, whether he's standing on New York City streets flooded after Hurricane Sandy, trudging along a snow - crippled Buffalo highway or issuing statements in front of a burning transformer at the Indian Point nuclear facility.

In the days after Hurricane Sandy, Cuomo became a ubiquitous khaki - clad presence by touring the destruction and by plastering his name in large letters on banners at relief sites.

«She is the voice of greatness,» says Russel Honoré, the now - retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who became a local folk hero when he led search and rescue and evacuation after Hurricane Katrina and later founded the GreenARMY, a coalition of environmental groups fighting against pollution in the Gulf region.

After completing his PhD in climate science from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, he went on to become a post-doctoral fellow at MIT, where he worked on hurricane - climate interaction.

Nicolas Cage plays the titular policeman who becomes hooked on painkillers after Hurricane Katrina.

Spielberg's depiction of rivals working together becomes all the more relevant after Hurricane Sandy.

«After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans became a place where education was incredibly vibrant and reform was in the air,» he says.

One promising innovation it identified was the «recovery school district» (RSD)-- an alternative to district - based governance that became a household name after Hurricane Katrina pummeled New Orleans.

Efforts to reinvent public education in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina have drawn such interest that it's easy to lose sight of some very concrete changes that will become obvious over time: A generation of brand - new school buildings is rising across the city.

After the hurricane, walk them on a leash until they become re-oriented to their home, and be sure to watch for debris, downed power lines and reptiles brought in by high water.

After growing up and living in New Orleans, she became a Tulsa transplant in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

After surviving several hurricanes, fires, and other natural disasters, Belize City has fought back and become a stronger, thriving city.

Belmopan became the capital of Belize in 1961 after a hurricane destroyed the former government buildings in Belize City.

Belmopan became the capital of Belize in 1961 after a hurricane destroyed the former government buildings in Belize...

They stayed first in Montauk, but after their studio was destroyed by a hurricane in 1954, they moved to a cottage in Springs, East Hampton, which became their full - time residence.

After pounding Haiti, then Cuba and then the Bahamas, Hurricane Matthew appears likely to become a churning coast - hugging threat to the Southeast, with a landfall still possible.

On a related front, Judith Curry, the Georgia Tech climate researcher who, after being immersed in the «hurricane and climate wars,» has become a campaigner for embracing criticism in climate research, has offered up a new manifesto for fellow researchers.

Landsea became the center of a hurricane of his own after Katrina struck and climate scientists and administration officials wrangled over the likelihood of Katrina being caused by global warming.

While Hurricane Harvey bore down on the Texas coast, Eric Berger was here, in his third - floor League City apartment with his wife and two children, writing for Space City Weather, the blog that became a valuable resource for weather - watchers before, after and during the storm.

Chapter 1.3.8, for example, contains a discussion of the possible relationship between climate change and the increased incidence of natural disasters, which, after Hurricane Katrina in the United States, have now become a politically charged issue.

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans became a laboratory for the privatization of education, for charter schools and school vouchers.

The surreal keeps becoming the commonplace: For instance, after Hurricane Harvey set a record for American rainstorms, and Hurricane Irma set a record for sustained wind speeds, and Hurricane Maria knocked Puerto Rico back a quarter - century, something even weirder happened.

Economic Benefits The development of an advanced biofuel industry will help rebuild the local and regional economies devastated as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita by providing: (1) increased value to the feedstock crops which will benefit local farmers and provide more revenue to the local community; (2) increased investments in plants and equipment which will stimulate the local economy by providing construction jobs initially and the chance for full - time employment after the plant is completed; (3) secondary employment as associated industries develop due to plant co-products becoming available at a competitive price; and (4) increased local and state revenues collected from plant operations will stimulate local and state tax revenues and provide funds for improvements to the community and to the region.

In 2014, we released a video calling on the World Meteorological Organization to rename hurricanes — which are becoming more intense due to climate change — after climate deniers.

«After New Orleans, it's becoming clearer that we are experiencing more frequent and more powerful weather events that pose huge challenges for the insurance industry,» said Tim Wagner, director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance, noting that warmer - than - usual water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico may have added to Hurricane Katrina's strength.

After holding fast through three strong hurricanes which battered the region in the first half of the 19th century, the tree became a cherished fixture; a fence was even put up to protect it.

After a hurricane or windstorm, trees, shrubs and branches can become projectiles capable of traveling significant distances and of causing considerable damage to property.

This includes points that become pending as the result of a traffic violation after you have already appeared before a Hurricane West Virginia court and agreed to enroll in a Hurricane West Virginia online traffic school program, but have not yet successfully completed it.

With hurricanes and other natural disasters, once the event becomes foreseeable, policies purchased after that time will not cover that event.