Sentences with phrase «flooding along»

• Record - breaking rainfall in the Ohio valley in the spring and summer, combined with melting snowpack, resulted in historical flooding along the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

FARGO — REALTORS ® in the eastern part of the state as well as in adjoining western Minnesota suffered heavily as a result of unusually severe spring flooding along the Red River of the North.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused widespread devastation in the community, with water and wind damage and destructive flooding along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain.

She summarizes the meme foisted into the spotlight by Newsweek that extreme weather like the droughts in Texas, the flooding along the Mississippi, and perhaps even the twisters in Tornado Alley (the jury's still out), are the «new normal».

And it was in 1988 that James Hansen decided to present the case that this slow warming since the LIA was soon to become «unprecedented» due to CO2 emissions, thus causing untold climate chaos - i.e. boiling oceans, droughts, famines, Manhattan Island flooding along with other coastal regions, Earth turning into the next Venus, and etc..

Harvey alone produced more than 100 trillion kilograms of rain, causing cataclysmic flooding along the Gulf Coast.

Mailboxes are inundated by Brazos River flooding along Newlin Drive in Richmond on Friday.

Two recent events contrast existing vulnerability to extreme events: Hurricane Irene, which produced a broad swath of very heavy rain (greater than five inches in total and sometimes two to three inches per hour in some locations) from southern Maryland to northern Vermont from August 27 to 29, 2011; and Hurricane Sandy, which caused massive coastal damage from storm surge and flooding along the Northeast coast from October 28 to 30, 2012.

Elsewhere, sea level rise and increased storm surge height may cause flooding along the country's North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts, allowing salt water intrusion into inland areas, potentially contaminating ground and surface freshwaters.

In the future, there could be major flooding along every coast.

The journalist called to get his perspective on a new scientific study that warns of more frequent flooding along U.S. coastlines as higher temperatures accelerate rising sea levels.

There would tend to be more flooding along with more rain, but flooding renews the land in flood plains and reduces the need for fertilizers.

Similarly, the extra moisture provided incremental amounts to the heavy rains that ultimately led to flooding along the Mississippi and later, farther north, heavy rains and melting snows contributed to extensive flooding of the Missouri River.

Heavy rains in the Fairbanks area are causing flooding along rivers.

«[W] e're seeing once - in - a-thousand year flooding along the South Carolina coastline as a consequence of the extreme supply of moisture streaming in from Hurricane Joaquin,» climate scientist Michael Mann told the Washington Post.

If Sandy hits with full force, the Mid-Atlantic could face rainfall totals between 3 and 7 inches in Washington, D.C., historic flooding along the coasts, and widespread power outages resulting from wind gusts that could exceed 60 mph.

The eruption disrupted global precipitation patterns, contributing to flooding along the Mississippi River and drought in the African Sahel.

The same low - pressure weather system also led to historic flooding along the banks of the Mississippi, affecting some 600 miles across Illinois, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

[UPDATE 7/24: The remains of Hurricane Dolly unleashed furious rains over southwest Texas and officials still warned of the risk of flooding along the Rio Grande.]

Below, I'll discuss the growing prospect of record - breaking flooding along the Mississippi River, fueled in part by the Pacific Ocean pattern.

Video taken Saturday, April 7, 2018, shows some flooding along Southside Drive in Yosemite Valley, approaching Sentinel Bridge.

The ministry says the project is the only way to prevent flooding along the river banks.

The agency said it was adding a June tornado outbreak in the Midwest and Southeast and record - setting wildfires in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico to a list that also includes flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, drought in the Southern Plains and southwestern United States, five previous tornado outbreaks in Southern and central states, and a blizzard.

The new evidence supports a conclusion of extensive flooding along the edges of the northeastern Mediterranean, coinciding with two standstills in the Neolithic revolution.

The channel, known as the Chitose River Channel, was planned after flooding along the Chitose River in western Hokkaido in 1981.

But catastrophic flooding along the Yangtze River in the 1990s prompted the Chinese government to implement multiple forest protection policies, including nature reserves, a commercial logging ban, reforestation programs and ecotourism, as a sustainable development strategy.

For thousands of years, Mother Nature has taken the blame for tremendous human suffering caused by massive flooding along the Yellow River, long known in China as the «River of Sorrow» and «Scourge of the Sons of Han.»

Yearly flooding along the lower Nile (green swath, above) was critically important for agriculture in ancient Egypt, but a new study suggests climate - changing volcanic eruptions occasionally stifled floods.

The researchers studied GRACE data collected during the months before the May — July 2011 catastrophic flooding along the Missouri River.

• Hadfield notes that some of the most serious flooding along the Yangtze is generated downstream of the dam, and...

Lawmakers also assumed that these low - lying older buildings wouldn't last long, because they're exposed to frequent flooding along rivers and near shorelines.

YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. (WBEN)- Flooding along the Lake Ontario shoreline will have a noticable affect on boating this summer.

CLARENCE, N.Y. (WBEN)- The Trump Administration selected three new individuals to replace half of the current International Joint Commission, the body which adopted the controversial Plan 2014 and may have played a role in the flooding along the Lake Ontario shoreline this spring, according to...

The flooding along the southern border of the Lake Ontario shoreline has caused thousands of dollars in damage to various property owners and has hurt the economic progression of the area.

In the short - term, Collins said there isn't much that can be done to help residents affected by the flooding along the Lake Ontario shoreline.

In the town of Greece in late May, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced $ 7 million in grants for homeowners affected by this year's flooding along Lake Ontario.

The federal government is now offering funding and resources to upstate counties devastated by the flooding along Lake Ontario this year, after President Trump declared parts of the region a federal disaster area earlier this week.

State officials have arrived in West Seneca to help the victims of recent flooding along Buffalo Creek.

At the Mexico Academy High School, Assemblymember Bob Oaks, State Sen. Tom O'Mara, State Sen. Patty Ritchie and Assemblymember Will Barclay listen to testimony about the flooding along Lake Ontario this year.

Additionally, Cuomo reached out to lawmakers representing districts hit by flooding along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, opening the door for a special session that could add flood relief money to an existing state program.

St. Lawrence County also was included because of flooding along the St. Lawrence River.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- New York state lawmakers are looking at the causes of recent flooding along the shore lines of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

But officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say the main culprit in the widespread flooding along the Lake Ontario shoreline was heavy rains that hit many areas along the lake and the St. Lawrence River last year.

New York State will double available funding for homeowners impacted by shoreline flooding along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River last year.

With the memory of the destruction of Hurricanes Irene and Lee still fresh five years later, government agencies are participating in a three - day drill to prepare for catastrophic flooding along the Mohawk River.

A year earlier, severe flooding along the Mohawk impacted several communities.

The City of Cortland is taking steps to combat flooding along Otter Creek.

Hurricane José churned up the East Coast, creating dangerous rip currents and causing flooding along New Jersey and Long Island.

Low - interest loans from the Small Business Administration are now available for certain private non-profit organizations affected by flooding along the Lake Ontario shoreline this spring and summer.

Lawrence River regulatory plan which many blamed for devastating flooding along those shores this summer.