Sentences with phrase «forces of a hurricane»

We are expecting to get the full force of the hurricane in around five hours» time, when we will retreat to a concrete wine cellar under the Great House.

The teen years can hit a family with the force of a hurricane.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has made a $ 10,000 donation to the AAAS Caribbean Division to help the Puerto Rican scientific research enterprise respond to extensive rebuilding challenges left by the destructive force of Hurricane Maria, encouraging others to also support efforts.

Those flows are far stronger than the surface flows within the spot, and they create a confining pressure 10 times greater than the force of a hurricane.

Colleen Snydeman, director of quality and safety for Patient Care Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, felt the full force of Hurricane Maria three weeks after September 20, 2017, the day the storm devastated Puerto Rico.

All excitement and hubris, he blows through his «friends»» lives with all the force of a hurricane, nonchalantly bending them to his will.

Clay and wood could not withstand the force of the hurricane.

In weather / climatology neither the force of Hurricane Katrina nor the climate changes over the past 4 billion years give much information as to what has happened over the past 1,000 years.

Not exact matches

The Air Force sent a secret space plane into orbit from Florida on Thursday just ahead of Hurricane Irma's expected arrival this weekend.

In early February Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas battled hurricane - force winds and 30 - foot waves, and the same ship is again facing severe weather, forcing an early return to its New Jersey port.

The strong Santa Ana winds — reaching near hurricane force — have helped the fire spread across over 60,000 acres, mostly in Ventura County, which is about 70 miles outside of LA.

The wireless industry has for years successfully fought regulations that would force mobile phone networks to be hardened so they work during storms, but it may face renewed demands after Hurricane Harvey knocked out seven of 10 cell towers in the hardest - hit counties of Texas.

On the tiny island of Barbuda — where the hurricane first made landfall — cell towers snapped under the force of 185 - mile per hour winds, cutting off communication.

A Miami - Dade Circuit Court judge has ruled that Coral Gables can't force FPL to upgrade infrastructure and trim trees around power lines, but that the city can sue the utility for breach of contract over its response to power outages following Hurricane Irma.

The ship became available after the hurricane forced the cancellation of a scheduled cruise to the Bahamas.

The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB) and New Britain Bees professional baseball club will join forces on Saturday, May 19, to raise money for victims of Hurricane Maria and to treat hundreds of New Britain school students and their...

Before Hurricane Maria hit last September, Puerto Rico was battered by the forces of another storm — a financial storm.

Residents of this city east of Houston had been forced to flee suddenly two days earlier when Hurricane Harvey swelled a river and authorities issued a mandatory evacuation order.

«At stake for FPL are the claims of all customers who paid for storm - recovery charges and nevertheless lost power for a prolonged period in the sweltering summer heat after Hurricane Irma's outer bands unleashed tropical storm force winds in the South Florida area,» a law firm representing the plaintiffs said in a statement.

Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba take part in the recovery and cleaning work after the pass of Hurricane Irma in Havana, Cuba, on September 11, 2017.

1) Barbuda's 1,600 inhabitants were forced to abandon the island after Hurricane Irma hit: It's not an overstatement to say that Hurricane Irma annihilated Barbuda, the Caribbean island with 1,600 inhabitants that forms a country along with Antigua southeast of Puerto Rico.

The landlord of a federally subsidized apartment complex where 80 tenants were forced to evacuate just before Hurricane Irma struck is in legal trouble with the city of Miami.

Although FEMA wanted to shut those down by June 1 — the first day of the 2018 hurricane season — spokesman John Mills said the housing crisis forced the agency to allow families to remain in those trailers longer.

In this Aug. 31, 2005 file photo, President George W. Bush looks out the window of Air Force One inspecting damage from Hurricane Katrina.

This year's extreme hurricane season proved disruptive to southern brick - and - mortar businesses, damaging some locations and forcing temporary closures of others.

Irma made landfall Sept. 6 on the island of Barbuda as a Category 5 storm packing winds of up to 185 mph, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record and ultimately forcing the evacuation of the entire population of the island.

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There is no justification, no spiritual reason, why forces of nature such as hurricanes and viruses hurt us or why some of us get hit by cars or lost when planes crash.

While the world has been thrilled and inspired by stories of heroism and rescue in the wake of Hurricane Harvey over the past few days, Texans who have been impacted by the flood are forced to consider the longer game.

«We deal with the hurricane season as a «normal» thing in our region, but the giant scope (size, force, rapidness of development) of Irma and Maria are just of another league,» Ríos explained by email.

A New Orleans native, Robert has worked in the city all his life; however, due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Robert was forced to relocate.

Early last year at a windsurfing / kiteboarding event in Leucate, France, he took exception to a windsurfer's description of kiteboarders as «wimps» and attempted to ride in hurricane - force gusts.

Pam Leo in her book Connection Parenting talks about tantrums in such a clear and concise way that it's hard to misunderstand how some of these little (or in my case, hurricane force) storms seem to come without much warning.

She used her new favorite word («no») loudly and with the threat of a hurricane force tantrum at the mere mention that pottying just might be something she might like to dabble in before college.

Branson added, «We felt the full force of the strongest hurricane ever in the Atlantic Ocean.

Every government spokesperson today could easily — and accurately — rephrase that as «We all currently do our communicating in the teeth of a force - 12 digital hurricane.»

«We all currently do our journalism in the teeth of a force - 12 digital hurricane,» said Alan Rusbridger, former Editor of the UK Guardian, in the memo he wrote recently while stepping down from a position he was due to take up later this year, as Chairman of the Trust that owns the revered paper.

The US National Guard (which is a branch of the USA Armed Forces) is regularly deployed in emergency situations, like for example the Katrina hurricane.

Hundreds of thousands of our friends and relatives in Puerto Rico remain without electricity after Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma hit the island last September, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes.

The New York Task Force - 1 team made up of NYPD and FDNY members prepares to assist with Hurricane Harvey rescue.

Hurricane Irma forced the US House of Representatives to cancel its scheduled voting session Monday, lawmakers said.

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.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz's Hurricane Relief Task Force today reviewed the progress of the work thus far in Queens by the City's «NYC Build it Back» Program, which is dedicated to assisting homeowners, landlords and tenants in the five boroughs whose homes and properties were damaged by Hurricane Sandy of October 2012.

60 Percent of Build it Back Homes in Queens Have Been Served Quarter of Those Slated for Construction Work Are Now Complete QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz's Hurricane Relief Task Force today reviewed the progress of the work thus far in Queens by the City's «NYC Build it Back» Program, which is dedicated -LSB-...]

He flew on Air Force One with President Obama in late August, en route to a ceremony for the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Haverstraw — Thousands of people from Puerto Rico were forced to leave their homes unable to deal with the conditions in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Hurricane Harvey dropped several feet of rain on Houston, flooding homes and forcing thousands to evacuate.

With hurricanes raging and global warming on their minds, Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined forces with former Secretary of State John Kerry and California Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday to discuss how some states are breaking from the Trump Administration and going it alone on global warming.

Rubin is currently Senior Advisor to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, who was in Albany for the conference, and New York State Director of the President's Hurricane Sandy Recovery and Rebuilding Task Force.

Amendment the Result of BP Katz's Hurricane Relief Task Force and de Blasio Administration's Build it Back Overhaul, Which Prioritized Interagency Collaboration and Community Engagement to Accelerate the Recovery