Sentences with phrase «coastal residents at»

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VICTORIA — B.C.'s New Democrats stood up for residents of coastal communities Tuesday as several hundred British Columbians gathered at the legislature to protest the B.C. Liberals» reckless cuts to ferry services.

«The devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caught millions of coastal residents and the scientific community off - guard,» says co-author Benjamin Horton, a professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

The new 10 - episode mystery series Gracepoint (airing Thursdays) at least has a solid pedigree, remaking last summer's acclaimed eight - part Broadchurch from BBC America, even starring David Tennant in the same role (albeit with an off - putting attempt at an American accent) as a detective newly arrived in a coastal California town, where the murder of a young boy rocks the local residents to the core — including his resentful partner (Breaking Bad's Anna Gunn)-- turning neighbor against neighbor until a shattering denouement.

Today, this commuter hub is home to approximately 20,000 residents and sits at the crossroads of the Western Highway and the Hummingbird Highway which leads to the southern coastal regions of Belize.

The range is home to a number of important conservation targets which include, but are not limited to, at least 2 marine fish spawning aggregation sites, a breeding population of the endangered American Crocodile, and a number of threatened coastal marine habitats including the greater reef complex itself, beach forests that support several important species of resident and migratory birds and at least 2 species of marine turtles are believed to nest on the range.

There are various beachfront resorts in Isla Verde, as well as residential condominium properties; while tourists are enjoying a day at the beach, most residents are at work, making the beaches surprisingly uncrowded compared to other coastal city destinations.

The livelihood of tens of millions of coastal residents are at risk.

Because much of humanity, including many residents of the world's major cities like Kolkata (Calcutta), London, Shanghai, and Washington, DC, are located in vulnerable coastal areas, hundreds of millions of people are directly at risk.

Imagine knowing how your city or state will cope with drier and warmer conditions over the next 30 years; imagine getting a tornado warning an hour in advance providing an opportunity to get your family properly sheltered; imagine being able to evacuate only those coastal residents that will be directly impacted by a hurricane and not unnecessarily clearing hundreds of miles of the coast; imagine being able to tell a fire incident manager where the fire front will be in 6 hrs; imagine airline routing system that knows where a squall line will be in 12 hrs and the resulting efficiency in airport acceptance rates; or imagine air quality predictions that would allow the time for special precautions to be taken for those at risk.

«2030 isn't that far from now,» he said, adding that some leaders in coastal communities are looking at a host of responses, including steps to reduce emissions to reduce impacts and thereby the costs for detailed plans for community evacuation, and well - orchestrated plans for returning residents to their homes.