Sentences with phrase «flooding rains»
"Flooding rains" refers to heavy rainfall that is excessive and can cause large amounts of water to accumulate, leading to floods or overwhelming drainage systems. Full definition
But changing frequency of flooding rains is only half of the vulnerability equation.
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I once took this vehicle camping in a mountain valley that received flood rains and the all - wheel drive in the vehicle was strong enough to drive through the muddy ground.
This automobile can get me through flooded rain waters and even sometimes shallow snow.
«Significant» rain event to dump flooding rains on inland regions, spare Sydney Impacts of uplift of northern Tibetan Plateau and formation of Asian inland deserts on regional climate and environment
The wind speed with Patricia will weaken dramatically as it crosses Mexico, but its remnants will likely bring flooding rain to Texas late this weekend and early next week.
«Significant» rain event to dump flooding rains on inland regions, spare Sydney KVEA, virtual channel 52 (UHF digital channel 39), is a Telemundo owned - and - operated television station broadcasting in Los Angeles, California, United States.
As Texans cleaned up, searched for those still missing, examined why so many died despite early warnings and prepared for more flooding rains, I explored aspects of the disaster on the Texas Standard public radio show, focusing on the clash of political and meteorological forces creating big dangers in «Flash Flood Alley.»
We are seeing historic, crippling droughts across the world from California to India, and flooding rains from Texas to France and Germany.
After a week of torrential flooding rains in Colorado it was just the dish for yet another gray and gloomy day.
I'm ready for it even though it's supposed to rain here, like flooding rain.
«When flooding rain accumulates in these areas, it can flow in just about any direction depending upon how high it gets.»
The past few years we've gone to the parade in Louisville, but we're expecting flooding rain this year.
Handling flooding rains is a particular priority, given how urban deluges can blunt economic activity.
THROUGH the Millennium drought of 2001 to 2009, I was optimistic that it would rain again, that the drought would end and probably with flooding rains.
The people of Chennai responded admirably to the climate crisis unleashed by unprecedented rains in November - December 2015, but the city is yet to build upon the lessons it learnt during the floods
We keep hearing that the strong El Niño is bringing flooding rains to California.
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You'll note, for example, a heavy focus on developed countries, with one study of East African drought and one more of flooding rains in China (neither of which found a strong global warming signal) being the exceptions.
Ever since Australia's inhabitants cleared the land and endured the lash, not even droughts and flooding rains have stymied population growth.
KRIS Communications and parent company, Cordillera Communications, are helping raise funds for victims in Texas» Coastal Bend hit hard by Hurricane Harvey's extreme winds and flooding rains.
Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 on the Saffir - Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, became the strongest Puerto Rico landfalling hurricane since before the Great Depression, and continues to lash the island and the nearby Virgin Islands with destructive winds, flooding rain and storm surge.
Flooding rains have already washed out roads in the Yukon.
Evidence is mounting that global warming enhances a cyclone's damaging winds and flooding rains
The remnants of several East Pacific tropical cyclones made their way into the contiguous U.S. during the year, bringing flooding rains to parts of Southern California, the Southwest, and the Southern Plains.
In 1988, James E. Hansen, the NASA climate scientist who, through much of his career, has pressed elected officials to limit greenhouse gas emissions, constructed «loaded» cardboard dice for a Senate hearing, to illustrate that we were, in essence, tipping the climate system toward ever higher odds of unpleasant events like droughts and flooding rains.
Whether Irene is a strong tropical storm or hurricane over New England will make little difference in the expected impacts of damaging winds... a dangerous storm surge... and flooding rains.
We've experienced all manner of climate extremes over the past few years, from heatwaves (both on land and over the Great Barrier Reef), to droughts and flooding rains.
California has seen some flooding rains the past few days.
Internal disasters can range from piping accidents to fires, while natural disasters can wreak havoc on a home and property through high winds, flooding rains and hail.
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