Sentences with phrase «force winds»

Note the area of tropical storm force winds depicted on the map above.
While you may pay more than $ 100 per month for this coverage, this cost is far lower than what you might lose if hurricane force winds destroy your home.
A tiny home may endure thousands of miles of hurricane force winds and earthquake - like shaking that can threaten to rip the tiny home to pieces.
Super Typhoon Tip in 1979 is still considered the most intense tropical cylcone on record with a minimum pressure of 870 mb, maximum winds of 190 mph, with gale force winds extending out 1100 km.
Tropical storm force winds extended 185 miles from the center.
There is also a special exclusion for Florida, Georgia and Caribbean weddings due to hurricane force winds in August, September and October.
Gale force winds reaching up to 70 km an hour can throw massive 15 foot waves (waves don't hit the shore at the same height as they are just a litte ways offshore.)
With tropical force winds reaching 230 miles from its center, Hurricane Maria completely engulfed Puerto Rico as it bisected the 100 - mile wide island, picking up steam again one it was clear.
The gale force winds whipped through at 50 - 60 miles per hour and struck the tanker completely splitting it in two.
The fire danger rating in South Australia reached catastrophic level on Wednesday, with gale force winds from former Tropical Cyclone Christine creating challenging conditions.
Earlier this fall, during one of the worst hurricane seasons on record, a group of graduate students was testing the resilience of roofs in full - force winds at Western University's Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes.
Hurricane - force winds caused the highest total number of power outages in the area since 2003.
«We have informed the insurance industry that hurricane deductibles are not triggered because Sandy did not have sustained hurricane - force winds when it made land in New York,» says Benjamin Lawsky, New York's superintendent of financial services.
From November through February, 30 - foot swells and gale - force winds lash the western shores of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, putting on an awesome show for guests at the Wickaninnish Inn.
«You'd be prosecuted for keeping dogs in these conditions» a fellow volunteer said to me this weekend, as we watched driving rain and gale - force winds tear the Calais Jungle apart.
«Monroe County is facing a devastating emergency after hurricane force winds ripped through our communities on Wednesday, destroying homes and leaving over 80,000 residents still without power,» said Assemblyman Peter Lawrence, a Republican from Greece.
The exact timing and course of Storm Doris remains uncertain, the Met Office said, but it is forecasting gale - force winds late on Thursday morning.
A blizzard with hurricane - force winds crippled much of the East Coast on Jan. 23.
Hurricane - force winds leveled forests far beyond that.
Hurricane - force winds resonate across the rusty deserts of Mars, although they generate only about as much noise as a modest breeze blowing through Earth's far denser atmosphere.
Ice covers 99 percent of Antarctica, sudden snowstorms can bury dig sites, and gale - force winds scour the land.
As near - hurricane - force winds slam growing swells into the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer, scientists below deck scurry to lash down computer terminals and plaster lab equipment with bubble wrap.
Researchers suggest the streaks were caused by tornado - force winds created by the impact that formed the crater.
Hurricane - force winds blasted Puerto Rico on 20 September, downing power lines and damaging buildings across the island.
While Levey was taking a test drive across a suspension bridge he had designed and built, gale - force winds struck.
But I was relying on a Scott Tent, designed by its famous namesake more than a hundred years ago and little changed since, a testament to its ability to withstand hurricane - force winds not uncommon on the continent.
On the afternoon of May 10, a storm with near - hurricane - force winds engulfed the peak and trapped 26 climbers on the slopes.
In September 1987, hurricane - force winds uprooted an estimated 15 million trees in southeastern England.
«Oh the other hand, we'd also be in constant darkness because of tidal locking, and blasted by hurricane - force winds because of the dayside - nightside temperature contrast.
Finally, hurricane - force winds modify Titan's surface, eroding thefrigid land and creating dunes that stretch in parallel lines forhundreds of miles.
Powerful ocean currents, brutal temperatures, and occasionally gale - force winds assail the rigs, tankers, and pipes.
For example, in 1900, a 6 - meter (20 - foot) storm surge and hurricane - force winds combined to kill at least 5,000 people in Galveston, Texas.
The odds of tropical storm - force winds over the next five days covers the entire Eastern Seaboard.
According to the National Hurricane Center, hurricane - force winds again expanded on Sunday, Oct. 28, from 100 miles to 175 miles from the center.
According to the brand, pale is the better way to force the wind away as the sun retreats shyly.
Outtake of the day: nearly being blown away by the gale force wind outside.
It's forced a wounded Katniss to take refuge in a bunker of District 13 and, for the moment, healing her wounds.
As they each react to Robert's passing, repressed emotions and buried truths arise, forcing these wounded people to finally try to heal.
I might have a sneaking admiration for such dedicated rigour, but I'd still argue getting a few decent puffs out of those cigar butts might prove very bloody difficult with a possible gale force wind blowing in his face.
The rescuers undoubtedly saved lives on their journey — according to the team, one of the Florida shelters had only outdoor kennels, with a flimsy tin roof which likely would have blown away when the hurricane force winds hit.
Gale force winds sometimes reaching up to 70 km an hour, pounding rain and massive 15 foot waves relentlessly whip through and pound against the rocky terrain of the Pacific Coastline.
Take a storm like the current blizzard, the combined snowfall, near hurricane force wind gusts, and coastal flooding will lead to property damage and possibly loss of life.
How does the sea spray blown off whitecaps by hurricane - force winds feed back into the latent heat fueling the growth of a storm [Zhang et al., 2017]?
Introduction Wind force Wind direction Current temperature Maximum and minimum temperature Rainfall Relative humidity Barometric pressure Cloud amount and type Automatic weather stations and electronic instruments Converting meteorological units
This system forces the wind from its western flank to blow the sea ice northward, away from Antarctica, which in turn results to the expansion of the extent of the sea ice coverage.
At the head of the Bay of Bengal large storm surges (up to 4m in height) are initiated by hurricane force winds coupled with low pressure tropical cyclone systems.
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