Sentences with phrase «cause widespread area»

Heavy rains falling on already saturated ground sometimes overwhelm drainage systems and cause widespread area flooding.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has temporarily closed off access to several areas near the Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Warren County, Penn, but they're not saying exactly why, leading to widespread speculation as to the cause.
After several years of discussions, researchers from Aarhus University (Denmark), Lund University (Sweden) and Stockholm University (Sweden) have determined that nutrients from the land are the main cause of widespread areas of oxygen depletion.
Such an earthquake will cause widespread damage to structures, transportation and utilities, as well as economic and social disruption in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area (East Bay).
Unlike blunt force trauma, where damage / injury is usually localised to one area of the brain, blasts create a shockwave that affects the whole brain — causing widespread damage.
More than 40 inches of rain fell on some areas over four days, causing widespread flooding.
Non-core vaccines are those that protect against organisms that cause only mild diseases — the kind that usually «clear up» on their own — and which are not widespread in the area or easily transmitted from one animal to another.
TOPSHOT - Volunteer rescuer Matt Clarke searches for local residents after a mandatory evacuation was ordered in the area beneath the Barker Reservoir as water is released, after Hurricane Harvey caused widespread flooding in Houston, Texas on August 31, 2017.
Scores of convulsing sea lions are washing up on Central California beaches after eating fish poisoned by a plume of toxic algae that could spread north toward the Bay Area and cause widespread problems, marine biologists said.
January 23, 2018 — This year's flu season is the most widespread in more than a decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, causing concern among travelers who are closely gathered in crowded areas such as airports and planes.
SAN FRANCISCO — The weather outside last Thursday was frightful as a howling storm ravaged the Bay Area, causing power outages and widespread wind damage.
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