Sentences with phrase «average hurricane damage»

More detailed measurements for the 1980s suggest that because of this damage, US forests absorbed up to 18 per cent less CO2 than they otherwise would have — even though the decade experienced below - average hurricane damage.

Not exact matches

«We used information about historical hurricane tracks for the Eastern United States to identify the connection between the affected population, average per capital income and associated damages.,» Katja Frieler adds.

This year in the US the number of tornadoes has been way below average, the amount of hurricane damage was way below average, and the number of forest fires has been way below average.

Not only is there more property and infrastructure to damage, but the average amount of personal belongings has also increased, i.e., the number of cars, TVs, and other items which can be damaged by hurricanes is much greater now than it would have been in the early 20th century.

Average cost of damage caused by hurricanes making landfall in the U.S., depending on the population in the area being struck.

When Pielke et al., 2008 «normalized» the reported damages for the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane to account for the increases in population, numbers of housing units and average wealth per person, they calculated that it would probably have cost about $ 150 billion damage if it struck in 2005.

Years in which the FA Cup championship game has a total of three or more goals have an average of 1.8 landfalling hurricanes and USD11.7 billion in damage, whereas championships with a total of one or two goals have had an average of only 1.3 storms and USD6.7 billion in damage.

Your average run - of - the - mill hurricane will do some damage and be memorable in the local place that if affects, but it doesn't really amount to a hill of beans compared to what the big storms do.

Portsmouth's greater than average home insurance rates are likely due to its low - lying coastal location, which makes it more susceptible to flooding and damage from hurricanes.

The city also has a higher - than - average rate of damaging weather events like heavy rains, winter storms and even hurricanes.