Sentences with phrase «flood damage to our homes»

«Across Canada outdated storm and waste - water infrastructure has resulted in increased flood damage to homes,» explains Blair Feltmate, associate professor at the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Environment.

Where people in all three countries had taken no action to prevent flood damage to their homes, it was usually because they did not perceive that any risk existed.

It sure would be nice to be able to escape a rainy season without the threat of flood damage to our homes and properties.

Standard homeowners insurance doesn't cover flood damage to your home or belongings.

Flood insurance covers a set portion of the cost of flood damage to your home or business.

Having a flood insurance policy is the only way that you can receive compensation for flood damage to your home.

Not exact matches

The goal is to build on the company's existing two - to - three week training that workers attend before going into real world to inspect homes damaged in earthquakes, floods, and other major catastrophes.

As Hurricanes Harvey and Irma continue to cause flooding and other damage, some of the same risks apply as people are forced from their homes into shelters or into other temporary living arrangements that may not be safe.

Historic flooding resulted in extensive damage to over 500 homes, businesses, and property in Neosho, MO..

Despite power being restored in most areas, schools reopening and life beginning to go on as usual, there are many homes in need of repair from flood damage — and entire blocks reduced to rubble - leaving a strong demand for the good will of others.

I didn't expect disaster so close to home, but when I saw the damage of the floods in South Carolina this fall, I did expect the Church to do something.

Reporters from across the country have descended on Texas to cover the historic floods that are displacing thousands of people from their homes and causing damage that we'll be reckoning with for decades.

«Families who have had to leave their homes and will need to have them repaired because of flood damage should not be asked to pay council tax,» shadow communities and local government secretary Hilary Benn said.

For months Monroe County residents and business owners were ravaged by high waters, the continued flooding caused them to close businesses, caused damage to homes and eroded shoreline protections,» Schumer said.

Severe flooding, structural damage to homes and the loss of all electricity, except from backup generators, were three of the most pressing problems facing Puerto Ricans, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose state is home to many of Puerto Rican descent, said during a tour of the island.

The joint U.S. - Canadian panel says the survey gathers information on the extent of flooding, erosion, damage to shoreline structures and damage to homes and businesses.

Rapidly rising waters of the Susquehanna River and the Owego and Huntington Creeks caused severe flash flooding that resulted in flood damage to 85 percent of the homes, businesses and municipal structures in the Village.

These incidents caused additional flooding that caused severe damage that forced people to evacuate their homes.

So far this winter, ice jam flooding has caused an estimated $ 700,000 in damage to homes in the Lexington Green neighborhood.

A new report says Vermont is on target to close the vast majority of Irene - related cases by late summer, two years after flooding from the tropical storm damaged more than 7,000 homes.

Oneida County Executive Picente said, «We need to work on a viable, long - term solution to prevent the damage to homes and businesses that have come as a result of overbank flooding and rising groundwater coming from rain and snow melt.»

Hurricane Sandy, according to Governor Cuomo, damaged «[a] s many as 300,000 homes across the state... and approximately two - thirds of all properties flooded by Sandy were not covered by flood insurance.»

Staten Island City Councilmen Vincent Ignizio and James Oddo took a trip to New Orleans in late January to try to learn from the city's recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina, and said they were shocked to learn about some of the problems homeowners faced as they tried to raise their homes on pillars to prevent damage from future floods.

Claim: The Daily Telegraph alleged that the former cabinet minister claimed # 31,000 of taxpayers» money for flood damage to her second home, even though she had a building insurance policy at the time.

Governor Cuomo says many people who are heading to their camps or summer homes near Lake Ontario this Memorial Day Weekend will discover for the first time just how much damage has been done due to flooding.

Free cleanup kits have been made available to residents of Hoosick Falls impacted by recent severe storms and flooding that washed out several roads and damaged homes and businesses.

Mr Benn told the Commons that last week's floods had caused damage to 27,000 homes and 5,000 businesses, with an estimated clean - up cost of # 1 billion.

Shoreline flooding earlier this year damaged homes and businesses from the Niagara River to the St. Lawrence River.

«Things happen from time to time,» he said of the incident, citing particular difficulties with raising flood - damaged homes.

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.

Elevation is important because the risk of flood damage is determined by a home's location relative to the 100 - year storm height.

Yet, the main driver of this debt reduction — using flood insurance to pay off mortgages of damaged homes, rather than rebuilding or repairing them — may ultimately harm the city's recovery, the study suggests.

«Mandatory insurance for all home - owners would reassign the costs for damage within a framework of solidarity, while the premium rebates would create economic incentive for private mitigation measures to tackle elementary damage such as flooding, severe rainfall and snow pressure,» prompts Prof. Reimund Schwarze from UFZ as food for thought.

Already, thousands of residents have had to be evacuated and thousands of homes have been ruined — though a federal government program to purchase low - lying lands in the wake of the 1993 flood has mitigated some of the damage this time.

All told, more than three million Colombians — about seven percent of the total population — were displaced or suffered significant damage to their homes in 2011 alone as a result of flooding, according the World Bank.

A couple of weeks ago, the incredibly intense and powerful Hurricane Irma hit our home of Florida, causing high flooding and damage to southern region...

Flooding is becoming increasingly common in parts of the United Kingdom and causes a lot of damage to peoples» homes.

When one also considers the fact that the summer 2007 floods cost affected businesses on average between # 75,000 and # 112,000 and that the average cost of repairing a flood damaged home ranges from # 20,000 to # 30,000, the financial implications of flood become clear.

Spokesman Keel Hunt of the Ingram Book Company, located about 18 miles from Nashville in LaVergne, TN, reported, «There has been no flood damage at Ingram facilities, and no interruption in shipping or other services to Ingram customers» — although many employees have suffered losses from the flood waters affecting their homes.

Nearly 50 % of all home insurance claims in Canada are related to water damage and flooding, thus it is crucially important to understand this type of risk.

Standard home insurance policies do not cover damages or loss due to earthquakes, flooding or sinkholes.

If you have a homeowners or renters insurance policy, those never cover damage from flooding — even damage to the home.

The only way to insure your home against flood damage is by purchasing a separate policy since your homeowners or renters insurance will not be enough.

Due to this, residents should be prepared to deal with flood and wind damage to their homes.

A policy that protects you and the lender from fire or flood, which damages the structure of the house; a liability, such as an injury to a visitor to your home; or damage to your personal property, such as your furniture, clothes or appliances.

If a fire, flood, earthquake, or some other natural disaster were to destroy or damage your home, would you have the right insurance coverage to rebuild your house?

Say you borrowed a friend's home gym equipment, or they loaned you their tablet, some LP records or books; if a fire or faucet flood damages them, your policy will cover to replace your property and theirs.

Most homeowners insurance policies have exclusions for flood damage, so the only way to get coverage is by supplementing your home insurance policy with a policy provided through the National Flood Insurance Program.

However, you can seek special protection from flood - related damages with flood insurance, which is a separate policy that can make a smart addition to your existing home coverage.

You can buy flood insurance up to $ 250,000 for damage to your home and up to $ 100,000 for damage to personal belongings.