Sentences with phrase «for widespread damage»

Not exact matches

While strong winds can rip shingles off roofs and tear down power lines, flooding often causes more widespread, costlier damage — and can be more dangerous for humans.

«If allowed to go into effect, the impact of this new joint - employer rule would be sweeping and widespread, create havoc for the franchise industry and, ultimately, would inflict serious damage to our nation's economy.»

In the legislature, Trevena and fellow New Democrats pressed the B.C. Liberals for answers after an economic impact study by the City of Prince Rupert found that the government's ferry service cuts could cause «serious and widespread damage to the northern B.C. economy.»

Far from damaging her stature, however, they received widespread acclaim for breaking the taboo about mental illness.

Eggs are universal on most restaurant menus and consumer shopping lists, but a widespread fear of salmonella poisoning has somewhat damaged their reputation or at least hindered their potential for new applications and further growth.

By Kathryn Jones ggs are universal on most restaurant menus and consumer shopping lists, but a widespread fear of salmonella poisoning has somewhat damaged their reputation or at least hindered their potential for new applications and further growth.

This suggests widespread problems beyond the specific site of damage, which may cause problems for communication in the whole system, not only in networks that have specific damage,» Sandberg said.

«I'm pleased that the Federal Claims Court has found what Missouri families, farmers, and business owners have been saying for more than a decade: The Army Corps of Engineers» mismanagement of the Missouri River has resulted in widespread damages with substantial costs,» Blunt said in a statement.

When this model was then applied to the future, they found that in a world of continuing high greenhouse gas emissions, the threshold for widespread drought - induced vascular damage would be crossed and initiate widespread tree deaths on average across climate model projections in the 2050s.

Government would consider tax on products that damage the environment after survey signals widespread public backing for idea

With widespread social and economic impacts associated with a cyclone's power, improving the accuracy of tropical cyclone forecasts is of paramount importance for mitigating damage.

Notes: Never spray silk with perfume or deodorant Never bleach silk Never expose silk to direct sunlight for longer periods of time Don't spray silk with water while ironing Don't treat individual stains with water Always iron the backside only Never wring dry In contrast to the widespread opinion that silk can only be dry cleaned, silk products can be washed by hand without being damaged.

Peyton and star Dwayne Johnson, working together for a third time after Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and San Andreas, possess a remarkable aptitude, and sure seem to have a lot of fun inflicting widespread property damage on major cities.

Putting aside the problems in trying to measure teacher effectiveness with a test score, the widespread potential for cheating, and the drill - and - kill instruction behind value - added measurements, Berliner and Glass argue that boosters of competition are making a number of damaging faulty assumptions.

A 2013 Educational Testing Service (ETS) report, Poverty and Education: Finding the Way Forward, clarifies just how widespread and damaging the condition of poverty is for children.

«Our ER program is vital to the American people, and particularly important for rural areas crippled by such widespread storm damage,» said Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau.

The storm battered the Riviera Maya for nearly three days with winds of up to 130mph, causing widespread damage.

At present, as I discussed in my analysis article on Tuesday, evidence for widespread ecological damage is thin; so we have to presume that as of now, the significant volume of oil that remains (even a quarter of 4.9 milion barrels is still far more than released by the Exxon Valdez) is not hitting enough of those key zones to be having a major impact.

It ranges from category 1, for storms with winds of 64 to 82 knots (118 to 152 kilometers per hour (kph)-RRB-, which usually cause only moderate damage, to category 5, for storms with winds blowing at 137 knots (254 kph) or above, which can cause widespread devastation.

A larger number of simulations for each of the Industrial and Non-Industrial Autumn 2000 climates were completed.The focus was particularly on the United Kingdom Autumn 2000 floods because, aside from causing widespread damage, they occurred during the wettest autumn since records began in 1766.

Creating emergency infrastructure and evacuation plans for coastal populations, hydroponics / aeroponics / hydroculture development to grow food in sheltered environments regardless of climate, and guarding against widespread damage to power systems and communications.

The group, which was created in 1993, has faced repression, threats, and violence for many years as it fought against the widespread environmental damage that is ongoing in Honduras.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has released a report, False promises, hidden costs: the case for reframing employment and volunteer police record check practices in Canada, questioning the value of widespread police record checks and shining a light on the damaging individual and societal consequences of current practices.

Just as the Court of Appeal for Ontario's decision in Rosenhek gathered widespread attention for demonstrating that loss of income damages for the wrongful revocation of privileges could reach the heights of $ 3 million, the Horne case illustrates that damages for loss of reputation or career can also form a significant civil damages award.

Local authorities can apply for disaster recovery programs for their residents, if the disaster is «considered extraordinary, and damage must be widespread and uninsurable,» according to the province.

Why Oklahomans are at an increased risk is uncertain, but it could be that the state's higher population density accounts for more damage due to widespread fires.