WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced an additional $ 750,000 in «quick release» Emergency Relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help South Dakota repair roads damaged
by heavy rains last month.
Not exact matches
Weathering the Storm: With California stuck in extreme drought and
last year's barley crop damaged
by heavy rain, climate change is posing serious problems for the brewing industry.
Last year, for instance, a team led
by federal scientists found that a mysterious drop in ocean level beginning in 2010 likely resulted from a combination of three temporary climate influences, including La Niña, that spawned
heavy rain over Australia.
Sadly, a planned off - road excursion in the All Terrain was scuttled
by GM officials at the
last minute due to
rain slicking the clay -
heavy course.
When it
rains in Gran Canaria, it usually starts with overcast skies for an hour or so, followed
by a spell of moderately
heavy rainfall which rarely
lasts more than 30 minutes.
Americans who prefer to play uncensored games had to import the European version of the
last video game developed
by the makers of 2010 PlayStation 3 exclusive
Heavy Rain.
Consistent with earlier research, six of the top 10 states with the biggest increases in number of days with
heavy downpours are in the Northeast, including Rhode Island, Maine, and New Hampshire, which have seen the number of
heavy rain events in the
last decade increase
by at least 50 percent compared to the 1950s.
Alertnet: Muhammad Mushtaq moved his family and several neighbours to safety
last September when their homes in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani - administered Kashmir, were flooded
by an overflowing stream during
heavy monsoon
rains.
«
By planting trees in coffee farms,» explains Jérôme Perez, head of sustainability at Nespresso, «you are protecting the coffee bushes from
heavy rain, and we know that adverse weather events impact a lot on the production of Arabica coffee in the
last few years in Colombia.