Sentences with phrase «defend against floods»

Given the nuclear solution requires new reactor designs yet to be built even for demonstration and test purposes, and then the complexities of siting nuclear power plants near the calling water they need while defending them against flood waters makes construction of tested designs take a decade.

Not exact matches

On the Gulf Coast, places like Galveston, Texas and New Orleans have seen multiple hurricanes so they've built some infrastructure to help defend against excessive flooding.

Our side lacks pace penetration and urgency right now and we are easy to defend against I don't see a flood of goals in us and I don't see any goal scorer other then Ramsey and Sanchez in our side.

Getting a better grasp on flood insurance risk Chinowsky pointed to the Netherlands as an example of proactive construction efforts to defend against extreme weather.

Severe weather, river flooding, heat waves, drought, sea level rise, increased pests and disease and on and on — we can not defend against the worst case for every threat.

The solutions that can help protect individual communities from increased flooding fall into three broad categories: defending against the sea, accommodating rising water, and retreating from flood - prone areas.

Claim reversals — We work hard to reverse claims denials when insurers avoid coverage responsibility for losses due to water damage to a home, the aftermath of a fire, theft, vandalism or flood, or when a carrier fails to defend you against claims made by another person or entity.