Sentences with phrase «damage near the coast»

«When you hear about hurricanes or tropical cyclones you think about storm surges and wind damage near the coast,» says Villarini, who also conducts research at the internationally renowned IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering.

Not exact matches

Another bulk carrier, the Protoklitos, was scuttled, together with its cargo of iron ore, 400 kilometres off the coast of Brazil after it became too badly damaged even to make the nearest port.

Mobile home insurance policies typically cover wind and hail damage, but these may be excluded if you live near the coast.

Also, if you live near the Atlantic or Gulf coasts there may be some restrictions on your coverage for wind damage.

The real damage was done between 1911 and 1933, when Japanese whalemen killed 1,449 after Japanese companies established several whaling stations on Korean Peninsula and on Chinese coast such as near the Daya bay and on Hainan Island.

As the northeast coast mourns and struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. death toll nears 100 and experts estimate up to $ 20 billion in total insured damages.

«Partly this [increase in damages] is due to local land - use policies, partly to incentives such as government - subsidized insurance, but mostly to the simple fact that people like being on the coast and near rivers,» Pielke, Jr. explains.

Sea - level rise can have large impacts (e.g., Nicholls et al., 2007), such as damage to or loss of infrastructure near coasts, loss of freshwater supplies, and displacement of people whose homes are lost to a rising ocean.

Hurricanes and tropical storms that make landfall on or near the Maryland coast have the potential to cause a great deal of damage.

Hurricanes that make landfall on or near the Mississippi coast cause a great deal of damage.

For example, a basic policy often does not cover water damage from flooding, even though the city's location near the Texas coast makes it vulnerable to damaging tropical storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes.