Sentences with phrase «flowing of flood water»

Most policies provide protection against damage to the property caused by the flowing of flood water into the house.

The LSPWC boss, who recalled that the initial drainage system with a width of 0.6 meters was inadequate to contain the flow of flood water, said the agency had to reconstruct it to a size of 1.2 meters after which massive rehabilitation work commenced on the road.

Not exact matches

But existing models of water flows don't provide the full range of possible outcomes: «A 50 - year rain can produce a 100 - year flood if it falls on a watershed that's already soaked or on snowpack or if it coincides with a storm surge.»

The real value of environmental water during wet conditions lies in its ability to extend the duration of larger natural flows in order to restore the variability in flows that once existed around big floods.

Speaking with 3 News, Andy Best, station manager of the Odawna Apawu Station, the venue, where the twin disaster happened said the move is to make the drainage there clean to allow free flow of water, to prevent flooding and another disaster, as the rains set in.

A view of some of the damage caused by flood waters at a home along Hall Street on Sunday, July 2, 2017, in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. Rising waters came flowing in from behind the garage carrying debris into the driveway and yard.

After the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant flooded with nine feet of water, two pipes ruptured under the storm pressure, sending raw sewage flowing into homes in Baldwin and East Rockaway.

The main purpose of an artificial levee is to prevent flooding of the adjoining countryside; however, they also confine the flow of the river resulting in higher and faster water flow.

Indeed, of the 35 bridges analyzed, 23 were estimated to have collapsed during a water flow of lesser intensity than a 100 - year flood level.

«During a flooding event, water flows out of streams and into the floodplains where it is retained and it doesn't end up in your basement,» said scientist Dianna Hogan, during the symposium.

The instruments measure how swiftly the water is flowing and determine the severity of the flooding in different regions affected by the hurricane.

When the fluctuating flow of heavy sediment gets trapped in the channel and the river floods again, the water is diverted by the trapped sediment, so it moves laterally into another area.

Illinois officials say flood damage north of Chicago is expected to worsen this weekend as water flows down rivers.

Whether or not flood insurance would consider that to be a water - borne material flowing along the ground is an entirely separate question, and one that we're not aware of any precedent on.

The most recent change came with the 2008 flood, where part of the current veil detached, resulting in the water now flowing out of only one side of the notch.

Even the most reluctant tyke will be amazed by the sheer volume of water that hurtles over the Huka Falls - and when the flow control gates open at Aratiatia the gorge is quickly flooded by the waters of the Waikato River.

yeah killzone 2 does not use Resistance 2's water at all... in fact I've never seen water that looks like that of killzone 2 yet... it has multiple layers with multiple real - time reflections... but, at least for the big moving water body in the demo... there are no physics like uncharted or R2 incorporated... if you shoot it, there is a huge plume of water that jets upward, but no real ripples in the body... it still looks great, at the ripples wouldn't look right with the waves and the current of the water... but its definitely not an R2 water engine or anything... however killzone 2 does have the ripples in other areas... puddles will react to bullet fire apparently... and there are areas of flooded buildings with «still» water... that do have the uncharted like ripples according to some... but the big flowing river does not...

Roughly 40 % of the state's farmland uses wasteful flood irrigation, in which water flows by gravity down open ditches or across fields.

They included raising and modifying highway bridges that impeded the flow of river water, and upgrading levees and pumps to manage excess backwater flooding in the lower reaches of the river basins.

In the Nigardsbreelva watershed in Jostedalen, where 75 percent of the catchment area is covered by glacier, water flow approached flood levels throughout much of August.

And study authors found that 2 C to 5 C warming of local ocean waters with somewhat greater local air temperature increases was capable of flooding these basins in stages — forcing Totten's glacial ice to flow out into the Southern Ocean and provide significant contributions to sea level rise.

But the house — and every other structure along the floodway that was surrounded by water — raised the overall flood height and disrupted the flow of floodwaters, said Lulloff, chief scientist for the flood plain managers association.

While flooding is scary in its own right, it also increases the amount of trash in the river as waters flow over typically dry areas picking up all trash and bringing it to the rivers, streams, and swamps.

Measures include the rise of flood protections, reduction of the peak flows through water retention, reduction of vulnerability and relocation to safer areas.

However, soil isn't homogeneous with regard to water; different areas of land may flood or not flood given the same flow over them due simply to different substructure.

The consequences are the loss of groundwater recharge, reduced base flows in streams, increased flooding, and lower water quality.

The result is an increase in the severity and frequency of floods, the displacement and destruction of habitat for fish and other water dependent species, and a decrease in base flows in our streams and water in our aquifers.

In my discussions I have focussed exclusively on the water flow in the Indus, the rainfall, and the geographical extent of the flood.

(Deforestation in the headwaters will increase the rate at which water enters the river, and hence initial flow rates; but should also have reduced the duration of the flood, and this flood has not been over quickly.)

If, as seems plausible, the volume of water involved was increased by the atmosphere's increased capacity to hold water; then we can expect floods with peak flows approaching 1.5 million cusecs by the end of this century?

For example, the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan, states: «The provincial water management system will continue to be assessed for optimization and efficiencies to address periods of low flows and drought conditions and high flows and flood conditions.»

Whether or not flood insurance would consider that to be a water - borne material flowing along the ground is an entirely separate question, and one that we're not aware of any precedent on.

Place this puck - like disk in an area where water would flow in a flood condition, perhaps near a water heater, a clothes washer, or the low point of a basement, and — again, so long as the sensor is within Bluetooth range of a HomeKit hub — it will send out an instant notification if it detects water.

The report discussed many climate change issues that are applicable to the rest of the country, including extreme storm events, wildfires, flooding, storm water flows and summer water shortages.

Some situations that occur in flood - prone areas include: 1) the diameter of the sewer pipe is not sufficient to hold all of the water flow during a heavy storm event; 2) the gradient of the sewer pipe is not steep enough to allow water flow at the same rate as the rain; and 3) heavily paved areas do not allow water to absorb into the ground, forcing more water into sewers.

The Saw Mill River flows 23 miles from its headwaters before emptying into the Hudson River in Yonkers, N.Y.. For nearly 100 years, the last half - mile passed through an underground flume built to protect downtown Yonkers from flooding and from the mix of human and industrial pollution poisoning the river's waters.