Sentences with phrase «from damaging storms»

Orlando is another city in Florida that is generally safe from the damaging storms that plague the south of the peninsula.

«When it comes to protecting Staten Island from damaging storms and surges, we have to utilize every tool in the tool box and that is why hammering out a plan for the Island's sea wall is so critical,» Schumer said.

Orlando is another city in Florida that is generally safe from the damaging storms that plague the south of the peninsula.

Building a bulkhead or seawall along one or a few coastal properties may protect homes from damaging storm waves for a few years, but could end up doing more harm than good.

Reefs also protect shorelines from damaging storm waters and prevent erosion; they are the rainforests of the sea that provide a home for one million species; and they are «the medicine cabinets of the 21st century» according to NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program, providing new sources of medicine to treat cancer, HIV, heart disease, arthritis and other diseases.

Mangroves protect shorelines from damaging storm and hurricane winds, waves and floods.

Not exact matches

Businesses should note that many standard policies don't even cover wind damage from a hurricane or utility disruptions from a storm, so review your policy's fine print to understand your coverage.

When shipping goods from A to B, any number of things can go wrong: cargo gets damaged, a congested port delays docking, a storm throws a vessel off course, pirates raid a ship.

President Donald Trump visited Texas on Tuesday to survey damage from the first major natural disaster to test his leadership in a crisis, as record rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey lashed Houston and tens of thousands of people fled deluged homes.

Germany's Munich Re warned it could miss its profit target this year, the first major reinsurer to flag a hit to earnings from damage caused by the storms.

Harvey is on track to become one of the costliest storms in U.S. history, with an estimates ranging from around $ 75 billion to $ 95 billion in damages, accounting for property damage to cars, homes, commercial buildings and infrastructure.

Unlike past historic blizzards that caused billions in damage from flooding and snowfall, this storm won't stick around.

Last year, a string of strong hurricanes that hit airlines» hubs cost airlines hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue, but clearing runways from a snowstorm is a much faster process than recovering from the floods, power outages, structural damage to airports and other infrastructure damage that 2017's storms caused.

While you take notice of the boats ripped from their mooring and washing out to sea, note that the surge and storm were even more powerful at its epicenter over Big Pine Key, culminating in a 10 foot surge based upon waterlines we saw firsthand among damaged homes.

KEY WEST — After Hurricane Irma tore through the Florida Keys, T.J. Reynolds was told he had to leave the house he was renting because of damage from the storm.

As citizens flee for the mainland from the storm damage, output will likely fall and further decelerate the economic recovery.

Homeowners insurance policies can cover minor incidents including a leaking roof and faulty plumbing; and, catastrophic damage, as from a storm.

Last year, schools in Brevard had very little damage from Hurricane Matthew, thanks to the storm's last - minute wobble to the east.

Recent data published by CoreLogic show that nearly 233,000 Texas homes are at risk of storm damage from Harvey.

We can come up with a better long - term plan to pay for the damages from severe storms.

Late turns spared Brevard from the worst of either storm, but there was still damage.

With this sort of exposure in Naples alone, we can expect damage from Irma in Florida alone to be in the tens of billions if the hurricane hits SW Florida as a Category 4 storm as predicted.

In fact I do not recall any storm damage from Irene, in the District.

Overflows and clogging resulting from storms can not only result in smelly, unhealthy and damaging discharges into environmentally sensitive waterways, but also -LSB-...]

The game was delayed with 5:11 left in the second half due to roof damage from a storm in the area causing water to leak onto the court.

Like a rainbow, a new baby may help to restore peace and bring healing, but the damage from the storm has been done.

Even as cleanup from this summer's devastating storm continues, fundraising to permanently replace the damaged glass roofs is under way.

Garfield Park Conservatory, still recovering from the damage it sustained during a severe hail storm this summer, needs to find new homes for hundreds of tropical plants, succulents and perennials — plants that would have been overwintered in propagation houses that are still damaged.

Hail from last night's storm damaged the roof of the historic Fern Room at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago.

As the cleanup from Friday night's storms continued, Cuomo toured Cambridge to see the damage, and announced that the state had mobilized the National Guard to help with downed trees and debris in southern Washington County.

Before the region has fully recovered from last week's damaging wind storm, the National Weather Service is cautioning about another severe weather event.

With Trump taking the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement, New York can expect warmer temperatures, greater flooding and more damage from storms, and a whole host of other issues.

He pledged to raise $ 1 million with private partners towards a water filtration system to clean drinking water that has become hazardous from storm damage.

Most of the damage from Sandy and Tropical Storm Irene last year involved trees or branches falling on wires.

«We are really ground zero for the storm damage from last week and what's continuing this week and today.

Homeowners suffering flood damage from Harvey are more likely to be on the hook for losses than victims of prior storms — a potentially crushing blow to personal finances and neighborhoods along the Gulf Coast.

NEW YORK (AP)- Gov. Andrew Cuomo traveled to Puerto Rico on Friday to assess damage from Hurricane Maria and bring supplies and assistance to the storm - tossed island territory.

We need construction to begin ASAP so we can better protect Staten Island communities from future storm damage.»

According to a release from the NIC, the compulsory insurance will cover fire and allied perils like flood, earthquake, the collapse of buildings, storm and as well, legal liabilities of an owner or occupier of premises in respect of loss of or damage to property, bodily injury or death suffered by all users of the premises and third parties.

A new report says Vermont is on target to close the vast majority of Irene - related cases by late summer, two years after flooding from the tropical storm damaged more than 7,000 homes.

Vermont's congressional delegation says the state is going to get another $ 18.25 million to continue repairing roads damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene and spring flooding in 2011.

A limited state of emergency was declared in the City of Niagara Falls on Saturday as clean - up from Friday night's damaging storms continued.

About 8,800 owners of Sandy - damaged homes in Nassau and Suffolk counties had received partial reimbursements from NY Rising by the end of last year, but nearly 2,000 had received their final checks, says a new report listing the status of homes participating in the relief program created after the October 2012 storm.

Of the $ 5.9 billion from FEMA, $ 2.9 billion has been set aside for the New York City Housing Authority, which will improve more than 250 buildings inside 30 developments damaged by the storm.

Elevated floodwaters at the Main Street Bridge in Whitesboro where a storm sewer line meets the creek damaged that pipe increasing the damage from flooding.

Nearly two weeks after the storm swept through the metropolitan region, thousands remain without power and the damage from the storm crippled the transportation infrastructure of the area.

While Cortland County was spared major damage from the most recent round of storms, the heavy run - off

Several roads in the Lower Hudson Valley are closed Wednesday morning because of damage from Tuesday's storm.

Cuomo previously pegged the damage from the earlier storm to be about $ 1 billion.

The damage from Tropical Storm Irene and the subsequent flooding has affected more than 100,000 acres of farmland in the state.