Who knew placing a line of open books underneath your garden could help channel and absorb
excess rain water?
It is worth remembering, however, that drought in one part of a country is sometimes balanced
by excess rain elsewhere.
While internal flooding from broken pipes is covered, water damage from natural flooding, such
as excess rain and creek overflow, is not covered by a typical home policy.
Warm El Niño phases
cause excess rain in Peru and Ecuador; drought in Brazil's Nordeste region, Indonesia and Northern Australia, and weather responses in North America and Antarctica.
Warm El Niño phases cause
excess rain in Peru and Ecuador; drought in Brazil's Nordeste region, Indonesia and Northern Australia, and weather responses in North America and Antarctica.
Other floods occur
when excess rain causes rivers to overflow their banks into the surrounding area.
Water harvesting by
collecting excess rain run - off for instance in cisterns — for supplementary irrigation during dry spells — is a common traditional approach in some regions such as the Sahel region in Africa, but is under - used in many other semi-arid regions such as Asia and North America.
It does not cover natural floods, such
as excess rain, river overflows, or storm surge.
Another sustainable feature of Music City Center is a water reclamation tank so that
excess rain water can be used for site irrigation and flushing the center's toilets.
We didn't get even one, the poor garden drown in all
the excess rain before it even got a chance.
Land use changes: logging, habitat fragmentation as the suburbs move further out from city cores and new roads are built, wetlands drying up, drought /
excess rain.
Homeowners insurance does not cover flood caused by hurricane - related storm surge, river run - off or
excess rain.
But it does not cover natural flooding, which occurs due to
excess rain, storm surge, or swollen rivers and streams.
A flood policy covers damage from mudflows, river or creek overflows,
excess rain and snowmelt.
While internal flooding from broken pipes is covered, water damage from natural flooding, such as
excess rain and creek overflow, is not covered by a typical home policy.
To protect against natural flooding, such as
excess rain, and overflow from local streams, you need separate flood insurance from the National Flood Insurance Program in addition to your basic Frisco homeowners insurance policy.