Sentences with phrase «broken by floods»

History tells us that in this region, a cycle of extreme drought is always broken by floods.

as an example, comprehensive insurance covers harm to your automobile if it is stolen; or broken by flood, hearth or animals.

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AUGUST 2006: Chris Wood's «Rough Weather Ahead,» the first Tyee Reporting Fellowship reader - funded series published by Tyee, breaks news of a buried government report showing Fraser River dikes won't hold back historic, much less global warming, levels of flooding.

Same goes for theologies that suggest the poor are poor because of their sins, that if only the sick had more faith or gave more money they would be healed, that the tsunami or the earthquake or the flood that devastated a community was clearly the result of God's wrath on its gay inhabitants, that we can stop rape by teaching women to cover up better, that sex before marriage makes a person «broken» and «unwanted.»

Had this regime continued, while modernity — the bad along with the good — continued to take root among Catholics, unguided by the actions and decisions of an ecumenical council, the flood might simply have broken in on the Church willy - nilly, sweeping away the precious treasure Congar loved along with the anti-modernist regime he detested.

The cosmic tide may at one time have seemed to be immobilized, lost in the vast reservoir of living forms; but through the ages the level of consciousness was steadily rising behind the barrier, until finally, by means of the human brain (the most «centro - complex» organism yet achieved to our knowledge in the universe) there has occurred, at a first ending of time, the breaking of the dykes, followed by what is now in progress, the flooding of Thought over the entire surface of the biosphere.

MARBELLA, Spain — As he breaks away from a gaggle of Borussia Dortmund players flooding out of a post-dinner team meeting, Christian Pulisic looks almost a little embarrassed by the prospect of being put under the spotlight.

What the Tories say is un-affordable has been broken by their own actions, when Cameron said after sacking half the environmental flood teams, then during the floods that money was no object, was a point not missed even by his own Tory voters.

What began a few years ago as a trickle of small independent films shot in and around Kingston has of late turned into a veritable flood, including big - budget productions with real movie stars, thanks to a new tax break and efforts by local officials to woo and accommodate the industry.

As news of Manafort's departure broke, Trump and his running mate Mike Pence toured some of the areas damaged by recent floods in Louisiana.

The program consists of two components: $ 21 million through the Business Flood Recovery Grant Program to be directed to eligible entities that sustained direct, physical flood - related damage and $ 9 million through the Flood Mitigation Grant Program to be used to support flood mitigation or flood control projects in waterways impacted by the record - breaking storms.

Swollen by months of record rainfall across the watershed, the Mississippi broke through levees in 145 places, flooding the midsection of the country from Illinois to New Orleans.

He drives home the point by breaking the flood data into two chunks and looking at the earlier half separately from the later half.

My heart breaks for all of those affected by the tornados, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and all the other storms that have caused so many issues.

(Someone broke my meditation at hour eight by opening the blinds, which flooded the room with light and sent my perception of pain from 2/10 to 90/10 within minutes.

Fatty liver is soley caused by body's ability to break down sugar because it's flooded with it.

The word network lied felt by flood of break - up during the photoelectric and racist PsychiatristsPsychiatrists of series.

Fed up with the way society has formed around her, Brooklyn quite literally pulls away from New York — its bridges breaking and tunnels flooding — and proposes thathumanity return back to days of old where things and people were defined by their ethics, values and contributions; where skills and art could be bartered and traded; where land could be farmed to sustain life and spawn beauty.

While internal flooding from broken pipes is covered, water damage from natural flooding, such as excess rain and creek overflow, is not covered by a typical home policy.

Rather than having a flood of invoices and expense reports come in every month from traveling employees the company can receive one bill broken down by employee, type of charge and date — all much appreciated by the accounting department and CFO.

Despite the game - breaking bugs, the unwieldy world, and the directionless, ambling plot, I was enraptured by the unique artistic beauty and curious innocence that Beat the Game had to offer, flooding my way through the pulsating waves of a techno tune.

You'll find that the voice may question your moves and even break the fourth wall by making various video game references, though it's this type of humor that I found enjoyable as I began to hunt down the various flood of demons and creatures that prevented me from progressing forward.

New Orleans, which will mark its 300th anniversary in 2018, has thrived from its location where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico, but is also battered by hurricanes and floods and breaking levees.

In «The Doors of Perception,» Aldous Huxley postulates that drugs break down filters that organize, and give form to, an otherwise overwhelming flood of abstract visual information absorbed by our senses.

She explains, «I create works based on the damage I've seen: punched and kicked out holes in drywall, shotgun blasts from inside a house thru the exterior wall, broken doors, windows, stolen pipes and copper wire, taps left on to flood, angry graffiti, stripped interiors, and in one case a hole in the back of the house that squatters had made with a pickaxe, a sort of back door where they could come and go unseen by neighbors.»

Below, I'll discuss the growing prospect of record - breaking flooding along the Mississippi River, fueled in part by the Pacific Ocean pattern.

Consider the possibility that not just millions, but billions face disastrous consequences from the likes of (including but not limited to): Sandy (and other hybrid and out - of - season storms enhanced by the earth's circulatory eccentricities and warmer oceans); the drought in progress; wildfires; floods (just last week, Argentina had 16 inches of rain in 2 hours *); derechos; increased cold and snow in the north as the Arctic melts and cracks up, breaking up the Arctic circulation and sending cold out of what was previously largely a contained system, and losing its own consistent cold, seriously interfering with the Jet Stream, pollution of multiple kinds such as in China, the increase of algae and the like in our oceans as they heat, and food and water shortages.

By 2010 impacts long predicted were turning up, sooner than many had expected — acidification of the oceans, unprecedented deadly heat waves, record - breaking floods and droughts, heat - related changes in the survival of sensitive species.

This is especially relevant in Colorado, where the community in Boulder (currently being hit by «biblical floods) has been trying to «break away» and establish its own municipal utility, on the basis that it can provide cheaper and greener electricity than a centralized utility.

«Even though California historically has periods of dry and wet years, there isn't an analog for climate extremes like the ones we've observed in recent years, such as those record - breaking prolonged periods of drought following by periods of intense precipitation pulses that cause flooding,» Woodburn said.

For instance, the summer of 2002 in Europe brought widespread floods but was followed a year later in 2003 by record - breaking heat waves and drought.

Global warming plays a role by 1) elevating the SSTs in the Indian Ocean and Indonesian region, where it contributes to the excessive moisture and rains that gave the flooding over Pakistan, India and China; and 2) In Russia by adding to the heat and drying, making the drought more intense, longer lasting, and with stronger and record breaking heat waves.

Moreover, if the causal link between higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations and higher GAST is broken by invalidating EPA's Three LoE, then EPA's claim that higher CO2 concentrations also cause sea level increases and more frequent and severe storms, floods and droughts is also disproved.

«Then the horrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan struck, followed by the devastating tornados in Tuscaloosa and Joplin, and the record - breaking Mississippi River flooding and Arizona forest fires.»

By incorporating this ground - breaking new data into FCI reports it will add further invaluable insight into the potential flood risks so FCI can continue to provide the most complete and accurate data in the market.

However, like many places in the area, the city was impacted by Hurricane Katrina; heavy rains, a storm surge, and flooding caused many broken bridges and power outages.

Unfortunately, by raising the deductible, your home insurance company will no longer pay for small claims, such as broken window repair, leaky pipe repair and minor wind and flood damage repairs.

However, keep in mind that your Chandler insurance will cover water damage from a broken pipe but not from damage caused by a flood.

Comprehensive coverage will reimburse you for the value of damages that have been caused by anything other than an accident - weather damage such as flooding, if someone were to break into your car, and also if it were stolen.

Even a broken pipe could be referred to as a flood, and often is by those not speaking the language of a renters insurance policy.

In truth, water damage might be caused by a broken pipe but it would require flood insurance to cover water rising above the local stream banks.

The column says, «The first would be the breakout of the century (such as theft by password) or a break - in in the blockchain system that would lead to a flood of fake bitcoins, and therefore a collapse of prices.»

We show the boundaries and whether it's in a high - severity fire zone, an earthquake zone, landslide zone or a [dam - break] flood zone or any natural hazard zone that's mapped by federal, state or local agencies.