Sentences with phrase «for coastal flooding»

When Jennifer Priest bought her house in Norfolk, Va., 15 years ago, she never thought she'd become a poster child for coastal flooding.

Furthermore, ocean and atmospheric scientists are interested in how storm - driven waves and surges combine with tides to affect the potential for coastal flooding and the rate of coastal erosion.

About 3.7 million Americans live within just a few feet of the sea at high tide, putting them at even more extreme risk for coastal flooding.

That simple fact shows not only the scale and power of a tropical cyclone, but the difficulty of modeling and forecasting its potential for coastal flooding on the fine scale needed to most effectively prepare a response.

The latest assessment also did not account for the effects of extreme weather except for coastal flooding due to sea - level rise and storm surge.

Kingston took its first step Thursday afternoon in preparing for coastal flooding with part one in a series of public forums to discuss the historic Rondout waterfront.

This featured challenge of the International Space Apps Challenge is to create tools and provide information so communities can prepare for coastal floods.

Not exact matches

But private insurers in coastal areas won't cover for floods or wind damage.

In addition to the snow, coastal areas are at risk for flooding, the weather service said.

When Hurricane Irma was advancing toward Florida in early September, weather officials were looking at a very scary scenario: an extremely powerful Category 4 or 5 storm hitting with 150 mph winds, flooding rains, and up to 15 feet of storm surge for coastal cities like Miami and Tampa.

The takeaway is that flood insurance is a must for coastal homeowners.

Flooding risks could remain for coastal areas for several days, the Environment Agency has warned, as it urged people not to attempt «storm selfies».

By providing a setting for the salt marsh to migrate, Rough Meadows is projected to play a key role in assisting this important coastal ecosystem threatened by sea level rise, while also providing tangible public health and safety benefits by storing flood waters and blunting storm surge in the important years ahead.

The praise came after Cuomo spoke for a half hour about the recovery from the storms that have hit New York since he has taken office in 2011, saying the weather patterns that caused inland and coastal flooding are a troubling new reality for the state.

The council also passed legislation Wednesday that will force the city to study the impacts of extreme weather, including severe heat, rain storms and coastal flooding, to help better prepare the city for the next Hurricane Irene.

High winds, dangerous rip currents and potential coastal flooding could turn parts of Long Island into a soggy and treacherous mess as the area braces for a glancing but powerful blow from Hurricane Jose — one of two strong tropical storms on the National Hurricane Center's watch list.

In his email, Martens mentions everything from lowering the cap on greenhouse gas emissions and securing funding for long - neglected flood control structures and coastal erosion projects to banning the sale and importation of elephant and rhinoceros ivory and undertaking «one of the largest additions to the forest preserve in the state's history.»

DEC spokesperson Emily DeSantis says the department's operations budget would remain flat and the cuts would be to the part of the budget that pays for capital works projects, things like coastal erosion prevention and flood mitigation, that are contracted out by the department.

In addition, the Budget includes $ 102 million for the Department of Environmental Conservation to advance flood control, coastal erosion and critical dam safety projects.

Geography dependent: The building is designed for river flooding and has not been tested for coastal areas.

For starters, higher seas will increase coastal flooding.

A team of scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) now provides a method to quantify monetary losses from coastal floods under sea - level rise.

Damages from extreme events like floods are even more relevant than the mean sea level itself when it comes to the costs of climate impacts for coastal regions.

He especially recommends that the flood maps for coastal communities sheltered by fringing reefs should be re-assessed.

A 2008 study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development examined the risk of exposure to coastal flooding caused by storm surge for 136 port cities around the world.

Between 2012 and 2014, Baranes and Woodruff collected sediment cores from lakes, looking for marine sand layers washed onshore by past extreme coastal floods.

For example, coastal areas or areas in the flood plain of a river are more likely to experience a natural disaster, whereas areas at higher elevation are at lower risk.

The study, led by the Berlin - based think - tank Global Climate Forum (GCF) and involving the University of Southampton, presents, for the first time, comprehensive global simulation results on future flood damages to buildings and infrastructure in coastal flood plains.

The international team of co-authors, led by Peter Clark of Oregon State University, generated new scenarios for temperature rise, glacial melting, sea - level rise and coastal flooding based on state - of - the - art climate and ice sheet models.

The team sees the results as a starting point for a more detailed assessment of coastal flooding risk and mitigation along the coasts of the Eastern Mediterranean.

Meanwhile, the agriculture minister John Gummer, fresh from refusing compensation to the Liddells for the loss of their home, has promised a «national strategy statement for flood and coastal defence» which will seek to «work with, rather than against, the forces of nature».

Salt marshes perform a long list of ecological services: they buffer coastal erosion; filter runoff; reduce the risk of flooding; provide habitat for juvenile fish, crabs and shrimp; and store excess carbon, keeping it from re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

«We're not going to allow a single levee board that has been hijacked by a group of trial lawyers to determine flood protection, coastal restoration and economic repercussions for the entire State of Louisiana,» said Gov. Bobby Jindal in a news release demanding that the levee authority withdraw its suit.

To be specific, five Asian countries — China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam — accounted for more than half of the world's population exposed to coastal flooding in 2000 and will maintain the top five positions over the coming decades.

Evacuations ordered in New York City New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo suspended all subway, rail and bus service in the city yesterday starting at 7 p.m., as the downstate region braced for the prospect of mass water intrusion into underground transit, high winds and dangerous coastal flooding.

Melting ice sheets could raise sea levels high enough to flood coastal areas around the globe by the end of the century, according to scientists gathering in Denmark today for a three - day climate - change conference.

They are driving fishing fleets further out to sea, ushering tropical fish into polar waters, and worsening flood hazards for coastal communities.

In addition, the Association of British Insurers, the main trade association for insurers in Britain, is engaged in a number of related research projects, which cover such issues as coastal flooding risks, the subsidence of buildings and the effect on claims of climatic factors generally.

The severe coastal flooding brought by storms in January and March has drawn renewed attention to the issue of sea level rise, and how prepared or unprepared we are for it.

For Irma, storm surge and coastal flooding have been some of the biggest drivers of damage.

«In any coastal area there's extra value in property, [but] climate change, insofar as it increases risks for those properties from any specific set of hazards — like flooding and storm surge — will decrease value.»

And while snow total maps are de rigueur for any weather site worth its road salt, it's the coastal flood impacts that could also go down in the record books and drive major damage.

Since 1950, human - caused global sea level rise has tipped the balance to account for two - thirds of coastal flood days in the U.S., according to our latest sea level rise analysis.

probabilistically projecting future changes in sea levels and their implications for changing coastal flood risk, and translating those projected changes into actionable information for coastal adaptation; and

These models are currently used by the insurance industry in underwriting flood and wind insurance products, by the finance industry in pricing catastrophe bonds, and by local officials in coastal communities in preparing for and responding to hurricanes and other coastal storms.

«The shock for us was that tidal flooding could become the new normal in the next 15 years; we didn't think it would be so soon,» said Melanie Fitzpatrick, one of three researchers at the nonprofit who analyzed tide gauge data and sea level projections, producing soused prognoses for scores of coastal Americans.

It may seem strange, but there's a real chance that understanding these seals could help coastal communities prepare for future floods.

The amplification of flood frequencies by sea level rise (SLR) is expected to become one of the most economically damaging impacts of climate change for many coastal locations.

The Environment Agency (EA) has an overview of all flood and coastal erosion risk management, whilst Unitary and County Councils are responsible for managing the risk of all local floods.

With national and local computer models forecasting a major winter storm — including heavy snow, strong winds and coastal flooding — for Long Island this coming weekend, Central Veterinary Associates (CVA) is reminding pet owners that freezing temperatures and blustery weather can have an adverse effect on the well - being of their animal.