Sentences with phrase «cause damaging flooding»

They have the capacity to cause damaging flooding in coastal areas, especially when they coincide with high spring tides.

But a new study finds that a simple satellite index based on the surrounding topography can provide a way to identify which lakes are most at risk of causing a damaging flood to those communities.

Not exact matches

While strong winds can rip shingles off roofs and tear down power lines, flooding often causes more widespread, costlier damage — and can be more dangerous for humans.

The storm passed just to the north of the island of Hispaniola, shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti, damaging roofs and causing flooding and power outages as it approached the Haitian side.

The storm passed just to the north of the island of Hispaniola, shared by Dominican Republic and Haiti, causing some damage to roofs, flooding and power outages as it approached the impoverished Haitian side, which is particularly vulnerable to hurricanes and rain, although it did not make landfall.

The floods in Pakistan caused huge economic damage and damage to infrastructure.

Even in a country used to rainy seasons, the floods caused immense damage to people and property.

Unlike past historic blizzards that caused billions in damage from flooding and snowfall, this storm won't stick around.

Last year, a string of strong hurricanes that hit airlines» hubs cost airlines hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue, but clearing runways from a snowstorm is a much faster process than recovering from the floods, power outages, structural damage to airports and other infrastructure damage that 2017's storms caused.

While damage caused by some types of natural events — such as lightning or wind — will usually be covered by commercial property insurance, you need a special policy if you want protection from flood damage.

However, fewer than 20 percent of Texans and fewer than 18 percent of Floridians have insurance against floods, the dominant cause of property damage after hurricanes.

As Hurricanes Harvey and Irma continue to cause flooding and other damage, some of the same risks apply as people are forced from their homes into shelters or into other temporary living arrangements that may not be safe.

In August, Hurricane Harvey unleashed unprecedented rainfall across Texas causing severe wind and flood damage in the southeast of the state.

Rainfall from Harvey caused massive flooding that displaced more than 30,000 people and damaged or destroyed more than 200,000 homes and businesses, NOAA said.

Renters insurance will never cover damage to your belongings caused by a flood from Mother Nature.

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Trees could cause the most damage in one part of Nassau while flooding or a major environmental issue could be the problem somewhere else.

Standard homeowners insurance doesn't cover flooding, which if it happens, can cause thousands of dollars» worth of damage.

Actually food for several years, since having salt water flood the earth would have caused the death of almost every plant that most of those animals could have eaten as well as damage the earth so the crops wouldn't have been able to come back for years.

Reporters from across the country have descended on Texas to cover the historic floods that are displacing thousands of people from their homes and causing damage that we'll be reckoning with for decades.

In Baton Rouge and its surrounding parts, the Area Chamber estimates that over 100,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed by the flooding caused by the mid-August storm that dropped over two feet of rain in a day's time.

Hurricane Harvey swept through Texas over the weekend, causing massive flooding and damage in the Houston metro area.

The park district is closing off a key section of the area for 30 to 60 days while it repairs damage caused in the last year from erosion and flooding.

Most of those who showed up Monday night to grill Fox Valley Park District and Montgomery village officials live in the Parkview Estates and Mariray Manor subdivisions just south of Aurora, where floods in 1972 and 1983 caused about $ 2 million in damage.

Within the next two decades there is a 10 % chance of a flood event happening in England so catastrophic that it causes in excess of # 10 billion in damage.

For months Monroe County residents and business owners were ravaged by high waters, the continued flooding caused them to close businesses, caused damage to homes and eroded shoreline protections,» Schumer said.

Perhaps inevitably, dam projects have thus frequently created poverty and damaged ecologies, for example by causing displacement and by undermining useful ecological phenomena like annual flooding that spreads irrigation water and fertile soil.

«This makes the systems smarter and more resilient in everyday use but also means that extensive damage to one system can cause problems with others - which needs careful planning to avoid critical loss of services, such as communications in flood - hit areas at times when they are especially needed for example.

However, they think there may be ways to reduce the amount of damage the flooding caused along the shoreline.

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente has declared a state of emergency in Oneida County due to the damage caused by Saturday's flooding.

A broken water line flooded eight courtrooms at the Erie County Courthouse early yesterday morning, causing «extensive water damage.»

Rapidly rising waters of the Susquehanna River and the Owego and Huntington Creeks caused severe flash flooding that resulted in flood damage to 85 percent of the homes, businesses and municipal structures in the Village.

These incidents caused additional flooding that caused severe damage that forced people to evacuate their homes.

MILWAUKEE (AP)-- The rainstorms that flooded Milwaukee County streets and tore open a giant sinkhole in one intersection caused an estimated $ 28 million in damage, according to the county's disaster declaration.

So far this winter, ice jam flooding has caused an estimated $ 700,000 in damage to homes in the Lexington Green neighborhood.

Now, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and other members of the Texas delegation are requesting federal assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which has caused widespread damage and flooding in Houston and other parts of the state.

A travel advisory is in effect for portions of southern Tompkins County after heavy rains Sunday caused flash flooding and damaged local roads in Newfield and Danby.

There doesn't seem to be much chance of federal aid to Lockport property owners, or to the city itself, for damage caused by the June 28 flash flood, Mayor Michael W. Tucker told the Common Council.

Downstate, where most of the pre-storm preparations took place, pretty much dodged a bullet, while upstate took a beating in the form of heavier - than - expected rain that caused rivers, streams and creeks to flood and cause what the governor deemed «devastating» amounts of damage.

BAE System's Main Street facility sustained major flood damage in the aftermath of the historic flooding caused by Tropical Storm Lee.

Homeowners can receive up to $ 40,000 for interior and exterior repairs to structural damage caused by flooding, as well as the repair or replacement of permanent fixtures.

At the height of the flooding, the BAE Systems plant was inundated with 16 million gallons of water, causing potentially tens of millions of dollars in damage.

Assemblyman Angelo J. Morinello said, «The damage caused by the flooding of The Niagara River and Lake Ontario has been devastating for our residents.

Long Island's public schools, after more than $ 80 million spent on cleanup, repairs and renovations from damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, still lack adequate safeguards against flooding and power losses that caused massive disruptions of classes five years ago, educators said.

Mr Benn told the Commons that last week's floods had caused damage to 27,000 homes and 5,000 businesses, with an estimated clean - up cost of # 1 billion.

Still to come are repairs to the signal system, and taking two of four East River tunnels out of service for about one year each to fix damage caused by 2012 saltwater flooding in superstorm Sandy.

We write to thank you for supporting Governor Andrew Cuomo's expedited request for a Major Disaster Declaration as a result of flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Irene, which made landfall in New York on August 28, 2011.

The town of Hoosick and the village of Hoosick falls were flooded Saturday night causing road washouts, damaged homes and buildings and a massive clean - up and repair which is now underway.

A view of some of the damage caused by flood waters at a home along Hall Street on Sunday, July 2, 2017, in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. Rising waters came flowing in from behind the garage carrying debris into the driveway and yard.

Central New York Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus), Mohawk Valley Rep. Claudia Tenney (R - New Hartford), and North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) wrote to President Donald Trump last week saying the unprecedented flooding has caused irreparable damage to shoreline communities and left municipalities with extensive costs to fix their infrastructure.