Sentences with phrase «caused by flood water»

Unlike damage caused by flood water, renters insurance normally covers water damage caused by a washer.

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.

Not exact matches

Sgt. Lee Savoy, with the 256th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Louisiana National Guard, evacuates a child, Aug. 30, 2012, from the flood waters caused by Hurricane Isaac.

In most cases that would be standing water most likely caused by a leak or some sort of internal flood.

A woman pushes the bicitaxi of her husband loaded with their belongings of his house flooded by the waters caused by the Hurricane Irma in Isabela de Sagua, Cuba, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.

It diminishes soil productivity, reduces food production, deprives the land of its vegetative cover, and negatively impacts areas not directly affected by its symptoms, by causing floods, soil salinization, deterioration of water quality, and silting of rivers, streams and reservoirs109.

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.

At 4 p.m., Sen. Tony Avella and residents call on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to be transparent and take responsibility for the flooding caused by water runoff from the leaking Whitestone bridge, Whitestone Expressway and Fifth Avenue, Queens.

• The State Emergency Operations Center has received reports that several farms were impacted by the flood waters causing a large number of dead livestock and potential hazardous waste material due to those deaths.

He observed the floods were caused by the obstruction of water by a man made dam constructed by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and not by the activities of illegal miners as earlier claimed.

That money will go toward updates to the field itself, including a natural grass outfield with regraded turf on the pitchers» mound, to prevent flooding and fix hazardous holes that often caused players to trip, according to plans presented by the NYC Parks Department.The plan also includes new bleachers on both sides of the field, a new dugout, picnic and gaming tables, a box for equipment storage, a new water fountain and wooden fencing around the inner field.

«The IP2 containment liner, in particular, has been subjected to a variety of unusual degradation events over more than four decades, including buckling in 1968, deformations caused by a jet of steam and hot water in 1973, and corrosion due to a flooding event in 1980,» state officials wrote in a petition for the hearing.

The Federal Government, Friday, explained that the flooding on portions of the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway was caused by structures built on water channels by some companies along...

Causing an estimated $ 108 billion in property damage, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005 and flooded 85 percent of the city after its levees were breached by a surge of storm and coastal waters.

Storm surge is the abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, causing extreme flooding in coastal areas.

And in at least one of the levees that caused flooding, there were actually areas where the levee was intentionally built lower to the ground in order to protect the pump stations by relieving some of the water pressure.

As many of these materials are stored in 200 litre drums, the drums may well explode, especially if damaged or dislodged by flood water causing loss of containment.

That marine heat is helping to power storms and, because warmer water expands and can melt ice, it's raising sea levels, which worsens flooding caused by storm surges.

Heavy winds and flying debris are bad, but the storm surge (the onshore rush of water caused by a hurricanes swirling winds) and flooding from rainfall can be just as dangerous as wind.

Damage Caused by airborne fallout, rail dust, salt from sea air, salt or other materials used to control road conditions, chemicals, tree sap, stones, hail, earthquake, water or flood, windstorm, lightning, the application of chemicals or sealants subsequent to manufacture, etc., is not covered.

The flood insurance policy also covers any damage due to erosion caused by currents or uncommon water cycles.

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In most cases that would be standing water most likely caused by a leak or some sort of internal flood.

Flood insurance protects a structure and its contents from water damage caused by a flood, which is technically defined as a temporary condition where two or more acres of normally dry land are inundated by water or mudflow.

One example of this would be if you expected your renters insurance in Plano to cover flooding caused by water moving along the ground.

Keep in mind, though, that your renters insurance policy probably covers water damage due to burst pipes, overflowing bathtubs, and similar situations where water damage is not caused by a natural flood.

Many insurance companies do offer special coverage or water damage endorsements, but they only cover accidents occurring inside the home (or on the property), such as flooding caused by burst pipes.

Guides take tours out of kayaks to glide over the crumbling ruins below, lost to flood waters caused by an earthquake almost 2,000 years ago.

In fall 2012, the flooding and devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy prompted me to think about processes like soaking and staining; in the studio I started to thin binder - and - pigment mixtures with water, pouring them onto wet, raw canvas and letting them absorb.

Most TS losses occur from the storm surge, the water pushed over the land, or inland flooding caused by huge amounts of rainfall often generated by lesser tropical storms hung up over coastlines.

However, higher temperatures do cause an increased chance of heavy precipitation events, and it is likely that the flooding in some of this year's U.S. flooding disasters were significantly enhanced by the presence of more water vapor in the air due to global warming.

In the Northeast, «Communities are affected by heat waves, more extreme precipitation events, and coastal flooding due to sea level rise and storm surge,» for example, while in the Southeast and Caribbean, «Decreased water availability, exacerbated by population growth and land - use change, causes increased competition for water.

For Munich Re, which puts billions of dollars on the line by backing up insurance companies, there's little doubt that the damages from severe thunderstorm outbreaks are linked with global warming, although this year's outbreak in the U.S. may have also been related to the emergence of a pool of extremely warm water off the coast of South America, which also caused deadly flooding in Chile, Peru, and Colombia.

Water infrastructure is an essential investment for any country seeking to modernize, but this infrastructure is particularly vulnerable to increased flooding and droughts caused by climate change.

To this point, the City of Miami began a combined program of installing pumps to rid streets of flooding at times of high tide and has assessed a property tax to begin its efforts to fight the surge of waters set off by human caused climate change.

A flood is defined as any high flow, overflow, or inundation by water that causes or threatens damage.17 Floods are caused or amplified by both weather - and human - related factors.

A nice example is a near flooding situation in Northern Netherlands (January 2012), caused by a combined occurrence of a saturated soil due to excessive antecedent precipitation, a heavy precipitation event in the coastal area and a storm surge with a duration of several days that hindered the discharge of excess water from the area.

The company practices mountaintop removal mining, which is controversial because it reduces the height of mountains (sometimes by 600 to 800 feet), removes all vegetation and places mining waste or overburden into mountain streams, causing flooding, erosion, and water contamination.

But this flooding was due to no hurricane, just the added rise of waters caused by a fossil - fueled warming of the Earth, a melting of her glaciers, and the thermal expansion of her seas.

Their remit includes river and coastal flooding as well as that caused by, for instance, water run off from buildings and hard surfaces.

In 1988 — the same year Nasa's James Hansen warned Congress about the threats posed by human - caused global warming — water expert Peter Gleick wrote about the wet and dry extremes that it would create for California: «California will get the worst of all possible worlds — more flooding in the winter, less available water in the summer.»

As for the causes of this summer's flooding, water and environmental engineer Tariq Yousafzai says one third was probably caused by climate change, with the rest attributed to the intersection of deforestation, poor infrastructure development, and engineering problems.»

Water - Hydro plants can cause floodings in other areas, and would also go down by the same reasons, or dry seasons.

Another major threat caused by these storms is torrential rainfall, which can cause fresh water flooding in areas farther away from the coast.

Lawyers will also argue that even if policies exclude flood - related damage, the policies still cover wind - related damage — and that the losses were caused by high winds, as high as 140 mph, rather than water.

A flood can also be caused by a collapse of land along a shore of a lake or body of water where the collapse was cause by erosion, waves or currents of water.

Flood insurance protects a structure and its contents from water damage caused by a flood, which is technically defined as a temporary condition where two or more acres of normally dry land are inundated by water or mudflow.

Also does not provide coverage for water backup of sewers or drain, or overflow or discharge of a sump pump if it's caused by flooding.

Does not provide coverage for water damage caused by direct or indirect flooding.