Sentences with phrase «by hurricane force»

The result was that during the hurricanes that struck Florida in 2004, not one manufactured home built and installed after 1994 was destroyed by hurricane force winds.

Not exact matches

Before Hurricane Maria hit last September, Puerto Rico was battered by the forces of another storm — a financial storm.

Although FEMA wanted to shut those down by June 1 — the first day of the 2018 hurricane season — spokesman John Mills said the housing crisis forced the agency to allow families to remain in those trailers longer.

There is no justification, no spiritual reason, why forces of nature such as hurricanes and viruses hurt us or why some of us get hit by cars or lost when planes crash.

While the world has been thrilled and inspired by stories of heroism and rescue in the wake of Hurricane Harvey over the past few days, Texans who have been impacted by the flood are forced to consider the longer game.

«We deal with the hurricane season as a «normal» thing in our region, but the giant scope (size, force, rapidness of development) of Irma and Maria are just of another league,» Ríos explained by email.

The New York Legislature's Puerto Rican / Hispanic Task Force gave Cuomo an award recognizing his leadership in spearheading the state's effort to send manpower to Puerto Rico after the island was hit hard by Hurricane Maria.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz's Hurricane Relief Task Force today reviewed the progress of the work thus far in Queens by the City's «NYC Build it Back» Program, which is dedicated to assisting homeowners, landlords and tenants in the five boroughs whose homes and properties were damaged by Hurricane Sandy of October 2012.

60 Percent of Build it Back Homes in Queens Have Been Served Quarter of Those Slated for Construction Work Are Now Complete QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz's Hurricane Relief Task Force today reviewed the progress of the work thus far in Queens by the City's «NYC Build it Back» Program, which is dedicated -LSB-...]

«Homeowners are suffering terribly from this storm and we will continue to ensure that insurers do not abuse those they insure by not paying flood insurance or by forcing homeowners to pay big hurricane deductibles that just don't apply.

At that time it was uncovered that a task force had been created some five years earlier should have been able to help New Yorkers prepare for calamity wrought by Hurricane Irene.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has made a $ 10,000 donation to the AAAS Caribbean Division to help the Puerto Rican scientific research enterprise respond to extensive rebuilding challenges left by the destructive force of Hurricane Maria, encouraging others to also support efforts.

Floating on a hollow concrete hull, the turbine would be moored to anchors by polyester ropes designed to keep it stable even in hurricane - force winds.

But I was relying on a Scott Tent, designed by its famous namesake more than a hundred years ago and little changed since, a testament to its ability to withstand hurricane - force winds not uncommon on the continent.

By Marie - Louise Gumuchian and Anthony Deutsch LONDON / AMSTERDAM (Reuters)- Hurricane strength winds battered northern Europe on Monday, killing more than a dozen people, cutting power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and train journeys.

September 5, 2006, Hurricane Force, by David Biello.

Five years ago southeastern Britain was hit by an unexpected hurricane - force storm.

Hurricane Irma: $ 50 Billion When: Sept. 6 to 12, 2017 Deaths: 97 The damage: The Florida Keys, U.S. Virgin Islands and parts of the Caribbean were destroyed by Irma, which reached category 5 force by the time it reached St.John and St. Thomas.

Despite overwhelming odds, four men, led by Coast Guard Capt. Bernie Webber (Pine), set out in a wooden lifeboat with an ill - equipped engine and little, if any, means of navigation, facing frigid temperatures, 60 - foot high waves and hurricane - force winds.

But what's often overlooked in the marketing of the NOLA reform model is that in communities elsewhere — especially those that haven't been decimated recently by a catastrophic hurricane — there's a force that might get in the way of the model's adoption: the people who live there.

A hurricane is the most horrendous force of nature, often exceeding the havoc caused by volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, creating destruction over a far larger territory.

Florida's animal shelters are overflowing with hundreds of dogs and cats left homeless by the hurricanes or abandoned by their owners, forcing workers to euthanize some and send others out of state in search of a home.

Help Pets Affected by Hurricane Harvey Thousands of animals have been lost or forced to relocate due to Hurricane Harvey.

After being displaced by Hurricane Maria, many families made their way to Florida but were forced to temporarily leave their pets behind...

One year later, her house was seriously damaged by Hurricane Katrina, forcing a year long absence from New Orleans and a subsequent 2 year rebuilding process.

Plus: Italy approves law relaxing art export rules NEH pledges $ 1m to arts organisations affected by Hurricane Harvey and Mexico creates task force for cultural heritage

1998 - 2006 Between 2004 and 2006, Andrews researches his Migrant Series, traveling the routes of the Dust Bowl migration, the Cherokee forced - march known as the Trail of Tears, and those displaced in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina.

So it's fine to talk about sea level and surge risk from hurricanes, but not fine to describe the weirdness factor in this hybrid system as somehow significantly shaped (emphasis on «significantly») by greenhouse forcing.

> 14, 15, Russell — I meant «volokh» as the weblog, not the person sponsoring it; look back at the Judith Curry hurricane thread for a visit here by a lawyer who's active at volokhconspiracy, that will show in the search — he's the gentleman who was arguing that an increase in force 4 hurricanes (based on statistics, there are lots of 4s) can't possibly be the basis for expecting an increase in force 5 hurricanes (there are so few 5s that the statistics don't suffice, if you consider them separately).

Some 99.5 % of the hurricane force cause no harm and is naturally dissipated — every second, some 2 million metric tons of air are circulated in, up, and out of the hurricane — where heat energy is radiated to empty space — which every day equals, the energy released by the fusion of four hundred 20 mega-ton hydrogen bombs (See, Rice University's Hurricane Trivia at Houston TeacherTECH Ahurricane force cause no harm and is naturally dissipated — every second, some 2 million metric tons of air are circulated in, up, and out of the hurricane — where heat energy is radiated to empty space — which every day equals, the energy released by the fusion of four hundred 20 mega-ton hydrogen bombs (See, Rice University's Hurricane Trivia at Houston TeacherTECH Ahurricane — where heat energy is radiated to empty space — which every day equals, the energy released by the fusion of four hundred 20 mega-ton hydrogen bombs (See, Rice University's Hurricane Trivia at Houston TeacherTECH AHurricane Trivia at Houston TeacherTECH Archives).

How does the sea spray blown off whitecaps by hurricane - force winds feed back into the latent heat fueling the growth of a storm [Zhang et al., 2017]?

By the time it reaches the coast, hurricane - force winds, known as katabatic winds, result.

Having a safe room built for your home or small business can help provide near - absolute protection for you and your family or employees from injury or death caused by the dangerous forces of extreme winds such as tornadoes and hurricanes.

For example, surge and strong wind caused by Hurricane Katrina's imposed lateral wave forces, buoyant uplift, debris impact, and scour.

(e.g., by omitting / underestimating major cooling methods like thunderstorms / hurricanes or external forcing like cosmic rays / clouds) See also numerous discussions of uncertainty at Climate Etc..

There is a small influence on hurricane formation but there is no evidence that the NAO has long multi-decadal cycles (separate from a small forced response from the oceans or potentially from stratospheric processes)-- it is best characterised by slightly red noise.

Canada: Tree Canada has joined the Avatar Home Tree Initiative to restore 1,976 acres of pine forest in Manitoba devastated by hurricane - force winds in 2005.

In midlatitudes, QuikSCAT revolutionized wind warning categories by enabling the introduction of hurricane - force wind warnings in 2000.

And there remain strong differences of opinion on the relative importance of AMOC variability and aerosol forcing for the non-monotonic variation of North Atlantic surface temperatures and all the phenomena that we think are affected by it (including hurricanes and African rainfall).

Windstorm insurance may cover damages from hurricane - force winds, tornados, hail and other weather events that are accompanied by wind gusts that exceed 35 miles per hour.

This community narrowly missed the brunt of Hurricane Katrina, but saw a mighty force by Hurricane Rita not long after the former.

Over the past couple of days, the state of Texas was hit by a ferocious hurricane, devastating the region with severe flooding and forcing 30,000 residents towards evacuation shelters.

«Our trailer was destroyed by the hurricane, so we were kind of forced to move here.

September proved challenging for the real estate market as homeowners and agents were forced to wait while public and utility services rebuilt or repaired infrastructure damaged by the hurricane.

«It is critical for HUD to make this funding available as quickly as possible so families can begin rebuilding and repairing their homes and small businesses can get back on their feet,» says HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, who also chairs the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force established by President Obama in December.