Sentences with phrase «big coastal storm»

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The biggest contender when it comes to protection is Texas A&M University's «Ike Dike»: a proposed coastal barrier across Galveston Bay meant to protect the shore from storm surge.

Heavier rainfall plus sea level rise — which make storm surges bigger and more likely to breach coastal defences — has scientists warning of a greater flood risk in the UK as the climate warms.

For Irma, storm surge and coastal flooding have been some of the biggest drivers of damage.

Also, raw sewage may reach coastal waters when water runoff from big storms causes sewage treatment plants to bypass treatment.

«Without (sea) ice as a buffer, Alaska coastal villages are no longer protected from big storms and their giant waves.

Major storm periods and climate forcing in the Western Mediterranean during the Late Holocene Big storm events represent a major risk for populations and infrastructures settled on coastal lowlands.

Rather than focusing on big - ticket solutions such as storm - surge barriers, Rosenzweig calls for a range of initiatives, from increasing redundancy in the electric grid to sealing off tunnels and making coastal areas more resilient to flooding.