Sentences with phrase «catastrophic floods»

The now frequent catastrophic flooding in the towns below has destroyed many homes and taken several lives.

From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale.

Not to mention that ongoing glacial melt may negatively impact local populations as well as cause catastrophic floods.

Ironically, this can all lead to catastrophic flooding as well.

It wasn't until recently when catastrophic floods once again tore through a large portion of the state that their tiny worlds were turned upside down.

Such catastrophic floods have occurred in the region in the past.

That would lead to catastrophic flooding in some coastal areas.

In his six years as Mayor of Calgary, Naheed Nenshi has dealt with his fair share of damage control, from catastrophic flooding in 2013, wildfires this spring in the neighbouring communities, and the ongoing fallout from the province's recession.

Failure to build strong enough levees — and fix known flaws in them — was blamed for catastrophic flooding in New Orleans, Mississippi and Alabama after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which killed more than 1,800 people and caused more than $ 81 billion in damage.

When Hurricane Harvey struck Texas on 25 August, the state was hit by catastrophic flooding caused by record rainfall.

Even as Hurricane Harvey brings catastrophic flooding to Texas, another tropical system is set to disrupt air travel along the U.S. east coast.

With catastrophic flooding in Houston, animal shelters across the state are stepping up to help with relief efforts, but with hundreds of animals pouring in, keeping up with supplies can be a challenge.

In New York 2140 you've focused on the potentially catastrophic flooding of coasts around the world due to global warming.

With the memory of the destruction of Hurricanes Irene and Lee still fresh five years later, government agencies are participating in a three - day drill to prepare for catastrophic flooding along the Mohawk River.

The research by hydrologists and land - use experts at Rice University and Texas A&M University at Galveston was published in the journal Natural Hazards Review just days before Hurricane / Tropical Storm Harvey inundated the Houston region and caused some of the most catastrophic flooding in U.S. history.

Indeed, the flow could have resulted from a partial diversion of known catastrophic floods unleashed upstream when natural lake dams broke tens of thousands of years ago.

Formed in 2011 after catastrophic flooding tore through Bangkok, Elephant Nature Park Dog Sanctuary has played a major role in rescuing dogs and puppies from surrounding communities who have suffered malnutrition, disease, abuse and neglect.

And then they figured the effect of this rise on the frequency of floods that historically tend to happen once in a century, in places like Charleston — in the path of seasonal hurricanes — and Seattle, where catastrophic floods are rare.

The heat record occurred the same week that the world's driest place — Chile's Atacama Desert — experienced catastrophic flooding.

Last winter, the town saw catastrophic floods, so I brought my umbrella, just in case, but luckily it was dry for my stay and I got to eat plenty of cake with the Brits.

But that does little for the Colonial Pipeline, which depends on refineries further up the coast along the Texas - Louisiana border, an area that was dealing with catastrophic flooding mid-week.

Texans now face catastrophic flooding, which is expected to worsen.

Mexico struggles to stem faltering growth Tepid US recovery and catastrophic floods weigh on GDP

The «Hurricane Harvey Recovery: How Donors Can Help» webinar on August 29, 2017, gathered several expert panelists to discuss catastrophic flooding in Texas and Louisiana, and how to allocate resources — human, financial, and technical — to meet the needs of Hurricane Harvey - affected communities.

(Reuters)-- A warming world could pose a risk of more frequent catastrophic flooding but also be a long - term boon for Vermont farmers and a shorter - lived thrill for its skiers, according to a state report released on Tuesday.

A new study published this week and led by a Bard College biology professor shows catastrophic flooding can be mitigated by protecting biodiversity.

Smaller, so - called «proto - Labyrinths» exist elsewhere in Antarctica, suggesting catastrophic floods were probably not rare in the continent's geologic history.

In the Australian state of Queensland, especially in Brisbane, there has been repeated catastrophic flooding recently.

These were not global deluges as described in the Genesis story of Noah, but were more focused catastrophic floods taking place throughout the world.

But when the first catastrophic flood tore through, Britain was cut off for the first time.

A dismissed lawsuit to strengthen the dam because of climate change effects predicted catastrophic flooding

In old newsreels, and recent times, we've seen amazing catastrophic floods in Asia.

The House voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve a $ 7.85 - billion Hurricane Harvey aid bill, a down payment on what is expected to be a much larger federal sum to address catastrophic flooding in Texas and Louisiana.

With destructive winds, record - shattering rainfall, and catastrophic flooding tragically effecting so many on the Gulf Coast, Animal League America is prepared to do all we can to help.

This grouping, now bathed in warm Southern California sunshine, sets an almost eerie tone during the current catastrophic flooding in Louisiana.

The rains, at least meteorologically speaking, were not unexpected; the combination of slow - moving, low - pressure tropical air mass fed by high sea surface temperatures, and record humidity — in addition to the unpredictability of climate change — make catastrophic floods more likely.

Fortunately for the UK surges large enough to bring about catastrophic flooding of these North Sea coasts are experienced only a few times each century, and improved sea defences should stop all but the most extreme surges.

Hurricane Harvey causing catastrophic flooding across Texas, with at least 70 deaths; Harvey and Irma combined caused an estimated $ 150 - 200 billion in damage in the United States, and

The combined effect of these two dynamics is likely to exacerbate the «levee effect» by reducing the frequency of moderate events and exposing the society to few catastrophic floods, followed by potentially long and painful post-event recovery.

Paradoxically, those conurbations already at risk of catastrophic floods driven by hurricanes can expect a greater number of «moderate» floods.

This year's video highlighted contributions (financial, in - kind, and services) that Dominion and its employees made to the Red Cross and others in South Carolina last fall, when the state suffered from catastrophic flooding.

During Hurricane Harvey, we saw how a city's layout can worsen the effects of a storm, as Houston's urban sprawl and scant zoning likely set the stage for catastrophic flooding.

Instead they chose to postpone it, deciding there were things much more important than football this week with Houston besieged by catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Harvey.