Sentences with phrase «damage to infrastructure as»

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Infectious diseases also spread more easily after these kinds of weather events, and general infrastructure damage (such as to the water supply) carry unpredictable public health consequences.

Company spokesman Rob Gould said a preliminary assessment of Hurricane Irma's devastation indicated damage to the electrical infrastructure was not as extensive as expected.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

But the total damage is expected to be much greater than just the insured losses, as many people in the area didn't have flood insurance, and there has been substantial damage to roads, bridges and other public infrastructure.

Additionally, federal and state specialists continue to provide as - sistance to local governmental enti - ties that suffered extensive damages to their infrastructure facilities.

As efforts continue at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant to fully fix the infrastructure damaged in the earthquake and tsunami, workers have discovered seawater with a high radioactivity.

The aid package is meant to bolster shoreline communities and help with infrastructure ranging from water and sewer as well as sidewalks and walls damaged by the flooding.

They also don't damage the infrastructure as much as conventional weapons making them more desirable if someone wants to retake the territory later.

As the one - year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaches, New York City officials acknowledged that many residents are still waiting for financial aid to rebuild their damaged homes but said the city's infrastructure has been strengthened for future storms.

Grant amounts will be based on FEMA assessed damage levels as well as applications for new infrastructure and other mitigation, and will be awarded once the community's plan is complete and submitted to the state for approval.

The 2013 attack on the Bowman Dam in Rye Brook did not cause any lasting damage, but served as another wakeup call to state and federal security agencies about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to cyberattack.

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.

Prolonged afterslip could delay post-earthquake recovery by continuing to cause damage to critical infrastructure built across the fault such as rapid transit and utilities, said Lienkaemper, who noted that better forecasts of afterslip «can be used to plan temporary and final repairs to rapid transit tracks, water, gas and data lines.»

Kathmandu's basin of soft sediments helped amplify low - frequency waves, as seen in its destructive effect on taller buildings, says Youssef Hashash, an earthquake engineer at the University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, and the lead author of a report published last week that documented the quake's damage to infrastructure.

«Protecting floodplains or developing them in ways that can withstand flooding — such as flood - tolerant parks — can prevent unnecessary risk to people and help avoid expensive damage to property and infrastructure.

Some 12,000 alien organisms have been detected in Europe, and between 10 % and 15 % are thought to be invasive, causing as much as $ 12 billion per year of damage to agriculture, infrastructure, and health.

Emanuel hopes that the study's results will help city planners and government officials to decide where and how to rebuild and fortify infrastructure, as well as whether to recode building standards to stand up to stronger storms and more damaging floods.

They identified 25 glacial lakes across the Bolivian Andes as potentially dangerous to communities and infrastructure, as they could result in very damaging floods.

Multi-stressor situations, such as impacts on vulnerable populations following natural disasters that also damage the social and physical infrastructure necessary for resilience and emergency response, are particularly important to consider when preparing for the impacts of climate change on human health.

As a result, billions more are used to protect wetlands, maintain beaches and waterways, and rebuild damaged or aging infrastructure.

They also want to make more forays into attributing actual impacts, like heat - related deaths and infrastructure damage, but that takes building partnerships between different disciplines, such as water management and epidemiology, which takes time.

In addition to flooding infrastructure due to sea level rise, coastal cities are vulnerable to damage from storm surge, wave action, and / or inundation of their transportation infrastructure such as roadways, ports, bridges, rail, tunnels, shipyards, and navigational aids.

And the Guild and the Society are going about exposing details of what they characterize as unfair and inadequate payment practices that they say damage authors» ability to make a living and take advantage of authors» comparatively weak stance in the face of a corporate publishing infrastructure.

This increase in demand — up 58 % since 2009 — combined with antiquated infrastructure has resulted in an increasing number of brownouts and blackouts, such as the one resulting from the 2013 ice storm that caused 27 deaths, loss of power to over a million residents and more than $ 200 million in damages.

The increase in demand — up 58 % since 2009 — combined by antiquated infrastructure has resulted in an increasing number of brownouts and blackouts, such as the 2013 ice storm / power outage that resulted 27 deaths, loss of power to over a million residents and over $ 200 million in damages.

the tax will be used for «tourism - related infrastructure» — which can include anything from the upkeep of seaside boulevards or the rebuilding of beaches after they have been damaged in storms, to payment of salaries for extra police man hours during such events as Blanes» famous annual international fireworks festival.

That model has worked for other environmental problems, most notably the Montreal Protocol reducing ozone - damaging chemicals, but it is badly suited to climate change, which is better seen as a problem of economics, infrastructure, and innovation.

Multi-stressor situations, such as impacts on vulnerable populations following natural disasters that also damage the social and physical infrastructure necessary for resilience and emergency response, are particularly important to consider when preparing for the impacts of climate change on human health.

Mid-latitude islands, such as islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland (St. Pierre et Miquelon), are exposed to impacts from tropical, post-tropical, and extra-tropical storms that can produce storm - surge flooding, large waves, coastal erosion, and (in some winter storms) direct sea ice damage to infrastructure and property.

$ 100 billion per year is already spent on outages per year due to climate - related damages to grid infrastructure alone in the US; this will only increase as America becomes more dependent on shale oil and gas.

This, coupled with an increase in average rainfall as well as heavy rainfall events, has resulted in recurrent flooding and related damages to infrastructure, utility supply and the urban economy.

For Europe as a whole, the damage caused by climate hazards to infrastructure rises progressively, from 0.12 % of the current gross net investment in fixed capital assets to 1.37 % by the end of this century.

Exacerbated flooding of low - lying power plants and equipment, as well as structural damage to infrastructure due to wave action

Setting measurable targets — in some cases, with baselines provided as a point of comparison — to reduce disaster deaths, economic losses and damage to infrastructure, for instance, will help countries to deal with the impacts of climate change.

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.

Northrop Grumman sees potential damage to billions in shoreline defense infrastructure, such as the imperiled drydock in Hampton Roads built to construct the next generation of aircraft carriers.

«As infrastructure continues to age, the risk of damage increases.

By 2030, permafrost degradation is expected to raise the costs of maintaining public infrastructure by U.S. $ 3.6 billion to $ 6.1 billion, and by another $ 5.6 billion to $ 7.6 billion by 2080.2,9 Those figures do not include damage to private infrastructure, such as houses, which analysts have yet to calculate.9

5) The Hexayurt is an emergency structure which is cheap, self - contained and easily packed for transportation; a Hexayurt village is intended to replace all the infrastructure which might be damaged after a major disaster such as an earthquake or flood.

Since, developing countries will suffer the most from climate change, there must be an international trade policy, regulations, incentive programs to develop agriculture infrastructure as well as real - time applications that warn the farmers of upcoming weather so they can minimize crop damage and crop loss.

In other words, besides requiring a huge (environmentally damaging) infrastructure to collect a meaningful amount of such a diffuse energy source as the wind, it is only by chance that it provides power when the grid actually needs it.

They have also appeared before the Supreme Court in two cases brought by a Danish insurance company and a Danish railway company and one of the engine drivers regarding the collision of two trains causing damage to both the trains and the railway infrastructure, as well as personal injury to the passengers.

Prosser advises various independent schools on drafting agreements for energy - related matters such as supply contracts, power purchase arrangements and solar PV and combined heat and power arrangements, while contentious work included representing a water company in a dispute with a construction firm regarding damage to the client's water infrastructure.

In 2001, the respondent's majority shareholder learned of the bylaw, and when Lorraine refused to amend it the developer brought an action in nullity against the bylaw in 2007, seeking damages and the removal of the infrastructures, as well as an action against the Municipality of Thérèse de Blainville, which implemented a plan that also changed the zoning for the respondent's land.

And not just people; justice itself is a victim of cuts — cuts in police forces, cuts in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), cuts damaging the physical infrastructure of the courts and, not least, cuts in the earnings of those who work day after day (and many nights as well) to ensure that the system keeps going — a reservoir of talent and goodwill which successive governments have drained without thought.

Investigations and Law Enforcement — Selected Duties & Responsibilities Build and implement investigations programs and security solutions to enable effective organizational administration, threat detection / elimination, conflict / issue resolution, and other critical discovery functions Utilize various technical applications, including cameras, A / V equipment, transmitters, recorders, and bugs, to generate valuable information and isolate parties responsible for criminal and civil malfeasance Create issue and security reports to enable development of new policies and procedures aimed at preventing further wrongdoing and protect valuable resources team Integrate investigative principles into corporate strategic mission, ensuring management and program accountability, proactive prevention of discrimination, case efficiency, and legal analysis Perform security and crime analyses of firm infrastructure against related compliance requirements as well as on - going vulnerability assessments to continuously mitigate risk Develop investigatory standard documents to serve as guide and rules resources to promote fair and legal probes Supervise related departmental staff, including performance plan development and assessment, technical oversight, personnel recruitment and training, staff discipline, and other pertinent functions Work as a member of the corporate incident response team in the execution of all related tasks, including incident response plan development, damage minimization, resource restoration, and firm integrity protection Communicate all issues and user feedback to members of management, law enforcement professionals, and other interested parties, generating situational reports and follow - up recommendations based on investigatory results Maintain a strong working knowledge of all software, hardware, applications, techniques, trends and other critical tools which aid in effective investigation React quickly based upon limited and confidential information, drawing upon extensive police and military experience in tense, complicated situations Collaborate in the preparation of necessary legal documents, including search and arrest warrants Assist management with various other duties as assigned

Civil Engineer — Duties & Responsibilities Responsible for civil engineering and construction projects valued in excess of $ 60 million Develop exposure to varied construction projects with both military and civilian applications Maintain, update, and create GIS and CADD data for use in Public Works civil engineering projects Coordinate data collection and project management with partner agencies and subcontractors Map utilities, environmental features, cultural resources, infrastructure, communication lines, and other features Utilize GPS and conventional surveying techniques to collect thousands of data points for detailed mapping Create and access spatial datasets in ArcSpatial Data Engine Develop and implement new mapping techniques using GIS software decreasing project turnover by 30 % Design and print large scale maps, drawings, and other items for use in engineering projects Set and strictly adhere to project timelines and budgets Manage construction contract negotiations, implementation, and funding Oversee finances identifying and resolving any errors or deviations of project budgets Direct office operations and support staff ensuring efficient, effective, and professional operations Serve as Civil Engineering instructor at the US Air Force Academy Lead classes in advanced GPS equipment operations, mapping, GIS software, and Terrasync data collection Develop new GIS, GPS, CADD curriculum for more than 1,200 cadets Implement instruction in Airfield Damage Assessment, MOS plotting, and combat skills Build and strengthen professional relationships with commanding officers, support staff, and business partners Perform all tasks with poise, integrity, and positivity

«There is certainly much work to be done: the international airport's traffic control tower was severely damaged, as were hospitals and prisons, to name only a fraction of the affected infrastructure.

September proved challenging for the real estate market as homeowners and agents were forced to wait while public and utility services rebuilt or repaired infrastructure damaged by the hurricane.