Sentences with phrase «cause widespread power»

The storms, which struck Red Deer, Innisfail and Pine Lake on June 20, produced hail and winds topping 100 kilometres per hour that caused widespread power outages.

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.

Sandy left millions without power, caused widespread flooding that may shut New York City's subways for days, and killed potentially dozens of people up and down the U.S. east coast.

Hurricane Irma sideswiped Puerto Rico on Sept. 6, leaving more than 1 million people without power but causing no deaths or widespread damage like it did on nearby islands.

In Houston, Hurricane Harvey caused widespread flooding that led to power losses and interrupted home phone, TV or internet service for at least 284,000, according to FCC numbers.

Six months after Hurricane Maria hit the island on September 20, 2017, uprooting trees, destroying homes, and causing widespread flooding, many remain without power.

Moreover, following the widespread power outages that occurred during Superstorm Sandy, greater detail is needed on how the system would function in the event of a disaster that causes power outages.

CSEA President Danny Donohue said union members should follow all appropriate safety guidelines as they recover from the storm, which caused widespread flooding, damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure and downed trees and power lines.

Heart failure is diagnosed when the heart loses pumping power, usually causing widespread swelling, shortness of breath, and fatigue.

In the days after Hurricane Sandy battered the Eastern Seaboard, educators across multiple states faced the daunting task of reopening thousands of schools amid widespread power outages, flooding and wind damage, and other aftereffects of a storm that caused one of the largest disruptions to schooling in the United States in recent years.

In Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, leaders in the city's Puerto Rican community said widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Irma have spurred them to convene a special meeting by local members on Saturday to decide how to best assist their home island.

Kevin Doyle, the executive director of CEA - Florida and a lobbyist for the group, said in his letter that Florida's electricity providers «should get some special attention» for their response to the widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Irma.

that Florida's electricity providers «should get some special attention» for their response to the widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Irma.

Irma comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Harvey smashed ashore in Texas, knocking offline almost a quarter of U.S. oil refining capacity and causing widespread damage, power outages and flooding.

AFTER spending upwards of a trillion Euros of taxpayers money on the disastrous Energiewende program, all but destroying Germany's industrial heartland and causing widespread energy poverty to consumers and businesses alike, ideologically green - agressive Germany is giving up on its mad rush into unreliable «energy» — wind and solar — undergoing the biggest coal - fired power expansion in her history...

SAN FRANCISCO — The weather outside last Thursday was frightful as a howling storm ravaged the Bay Area, causing power outages and widespread wind damage.