Sentences with phrase «because of a major storm»

Yosemite National Park officials are canceling camping reservations this weekend because of a major storm expected to hit Northern California.

Not exact matches

There is less of a chance that major energy infrastructure will be impacted, as it was with Harvey, because the storm is likely to pivot north.

Travelers also suffered through a difficult day: Some 1,800 flights have been canceled at the three major area airports because of the storm, according to Port Authority Spokesman Steve Coleman.

Numerous flights were canceled at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport Monday because of the major winter storm hitting the East Coast.

The storm was not even a major hurricane by the time it struck, but it wrought shocking havoc because of the civilization exposed in its path.

A dead zone in the Chesapeake Bay also has shrunk in recent years, Magnien said, because of major advances in wastewater treatment, sediment and storm water controls, soil management practices, and more selective and precise applications of fertilizer.

«Scientists have worked hard to understand the really fast changes in sea level, such as storm surges, because they cause major damage, and the really slow changes because long - term sea level rise will shape the coastlines of the future,» said study co-author Josh Willis of JPL.

Southern hemisphere swells from the SW and SE directions arrive year - round with little swell dilution because of the short distance these swells travel from the Roaring 40s and 50s directly to NZ's coastlines, so that even small storms that wouldn't make a blip at Trestles or Central America can produce significant swells here, while major storms produce massive swells that become groomed as they wrap into its many protected points and bays.

The internet's resident meteorologist Eric Holthaus (who incidentally has given up flying because of climate change) warns that a major storm could be on its way to the East Coast in time for Thanksgiving and Hanukkah (which overlap this year and then not again until the year 79811).

Stormwater mitigation is particularly important in this era of climate change because major storms are becoming severe and frequent.

You'll often see very high temperatures accompanying these two, because dry air that flows downslope from the Southern Rockies, or that descends on the south side of a major spring storm system, warms up as it heads toward Oklahoma.