Sentences with phrase «heavy rainstorm»

"Heavy rainstorm" means a very strong and intense rain that comes down heavily with a lot of raindrops falling from the sky. Full definition
The report, «Atmospheric Warming and the Amplification of Precipitation Extremes,» previewed in Science Express this Thursday, August 7, and published in an upcoming issue of Science, found that both observations and models indicated an increase in heavy rainstorms in response to a warmer climate.
On top of the city's mismanagement of the crisis, Louisiana is dealing with heavy rainstorms more frequently thanks to climate change.
There were no tour guides at the Kintampo waterfall site where about 20 students who perished after a tree fell on them following heavy rainstorm.
Beaches and barrier islands are starting to disappear and oceanfront cities such as Miami and Fort Lauderdale frequently flood during heavy rainstorms and full - moon high tides.
«It happened during a very heavy rainstorm last Monday when the gutters along the roof became blocked.
Paradoxically, climate change is projected to bring both more heavy rainstorms and more droughts, as dry regions get drier and wet areas get wetter, overall.
A series of heavy rainstorms has caused severe flooding near San Jose, California, forcing a mandatory evacuation...
While I wouldn't necessarily pull this one out for heavy rainstorms, this is perfect for drizzly days, foggy days, cloudy days... well, for most days, actually!
We always hang our laundry out in the garden when we can but today it was soaked when we had a really heavy rainstorm out of nowhere!
Scientists have found that the amount of rain dished out by heavy rainstorms has gone up 10 percent since 1900 due to global warming.
The Niagara Falls Water Board, in a statement Tuesday night, confirmed that heavy rainstorm Tuesday afternoon caused an overflow.
Weather events can trigger them: if a prolonged drought dries out soil, a subsequent heavy rainstorm may be enough to send it crashing down.
These tires are better able to handle heavy rainstorms and slushy snowfall by actively pushing water out to the sides of the tread area as the tire rolls forward, minimizing the risk of hydroplaning at high road speeds in heavy rain.
When it rains in Gran Canaria in winter, it's usually in the form of short, heavy rainstorms which rarely last more than 30 minutes.
But, paradoxically, researchers have also already identified an increase in sudden heavy rainstorms in the Sahel.
Yet still Mike Hulme of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (3) is quoted as saying: «The world's already seeing heavier rainstorms and more severe flooding which could be the result of the industrial revolution.»
With such heavy rainstorms recently in Pasco County, it is no wonder why the number of potholes have significantly increased.
Summer is blazing hot with heavy rainstorms, but also peak tourist season.
The report, «Atmospheric Warming and the Amplification of Precipitation Extremes,» previewed in Science Express this Thursday, August 7, and published in an upcoming issue of Science, found that both observations and models indicated an increase in heavy rainstorms in response to a warmer climate.
In reality, it might consist of driving to the Burlington outlet mall in a really heavy rainstorm or crawling down a snowy driveway of above - average length.
Paradoxically, climate change is projected to bring both more heavy rainstorms and more droughts
This year's Nurburgring 24 Hours was brought to a standstill after just 40 minutes of racing after a heavy rainstorm caused multiple crashes at the Aremberg section of the track.
A heavy rainstorm left the field waterlogged in places in the second half but didn't dampen the spirits of the Ivorians, who ended a 23 - year drought when they clinched their second African title last month in Equatorial Guinea.
A heavy rainstorm has rendered some inhabitants of Yaw Tanor - Afranse town in the West Akim Municipality homeless.
Nineteen persons, mostly students of Wenchi Senior High School, died after hilltop trees fell on them following a heavy rainstorm while they were swimming.
They found that the heaviest rainstorms increased the water volume coming out of the river 100 times more than normal.
Heavy rainstorms, tied to global warming, will not send gravelly, stony rivers raging over the landscape
The photo shows agricultural runoff in Vermont's Lake Champlain following a heavy rainstorm.
A heavy rainstorm on April 17 had left the air cleaner and cooler, and probably saved a substantial number of lives on the more distant islands as the rain washed the ash off crops and provided fresh drinking water to help stem an incipient epidemic of fever.
The tunnel itself was discovered when a heavy rainstorm exposed a shaft that led to a spot about halfway down its length.
Ground Collapses: Some of the swampy ground around the coal - mining town of Brüx, Bohemia (now called Most, in the Czech Republic), turned to quicksand after a heavy rainstorm on July 19, 1895.
«For example, when there is a crack on the road, the combination of a heavy rainstorm and rolling of vehicles will make it bigger more rapidly than either one alone,» she said.
Last Sunday I woke up to a heavy rainstorm.
A heavy rainstorm forced stars to walk the Oscars red carpet under a tent, but the stormy weather couldn't dampen spirits as Hollywood turned out for the biggest night on the movie industry's annual calendar.
The 2.0 - liter engine's turbo lag was among his list of negatives, as was the car's subpar stability in a heavy rainstorm that forced him to slow his pace.
Probably because, image aside, most of these rough riders never meet anything more challenging than a heavy rainstorm or a gravel driveway.
No surprise: These optical systems don't work so well in a heavy rainstorm.
Sometimes due to the heavy rainstorm, the water activities will be off during monsoon.
Also, during our stay there was a heavy rainstorm that crippled the hotel staff with flooding in the lobby area and restaurant.
The level design makes it way too easy to get lost, especially in a later section where a heavy rainstorm disrupts Rae's senses.
The story takes off where the original Sylvio ended, the park has been ravished by a forest fire and heavy rainstorms, resulting in extensive flooding.
A monsoon has hit the once beautiful archipelago and heavy rainstorms have laid waste to large areas of the islands.
Kathleen Ariatti Banton, I heard they shut down the Causeway over the lake during that heavy rainstorm, 2016.
But a 30 - mile - long logjam created on Malaysia's longest river after a heavy rainstorm last week has brought new focus to the issue, and new questions about whether the government official who runs just about everything on Sarawak, the Malaysian portion of the island, is abetting — and profiting from — an unfolding environmental disaster.
The Department of Public Works has unanimously approved the new ordinance that will require the use of several different methods to capture, reuse or redirect runoff from 3/4 inch or heavier rainstorms.
Since 1958, there's been a 16 percent increase in the amount of rain falling in the heaviest rainstorms on the Plains, even as long - term projections point toward an increased risk of megadrought.
These populations are also vulnerable to flooding associated with heavier rainstorms.
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