Sentences with phrase «heavy snow melts»

As the heavy snow melts it will slide down a metal roof on its own.

EPA Regional Director Judith Enck says every year heavy rains and heavy snow melt overwhelm the system causing nearly two billion gallons of raw sewage to flow directly into the Niagara River.

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Sometimes it's enough to have the simple, causal, often mechanical answers that the razor allows as sufficient: the river overflowed because heavy storms dropped ten inches of rain in a forty - eight hour period just as the snow was melting.

While the odds of flooding are lower than last week, when heavy rain fell and snow melted in 60 degree temperatures, the potential for ice jam flooding remains elevated.

All three municipalities are under consent orders to fix aged and inadequate wastewater systems that often discharge raw, or partially treated, sewage into area creeks and streams during heavy rains or rapid snow melts.

One city school was damaged by the heavy and melting Lake Effect snows.

That has led to heavier spring snowfalls in many Adélie colonies, which, when the snow melts, inundates Adélie eggs and addles them.

A better understanding of how snow melts can help scientists recognize the signature in radar signals of heavier, wetter snow — the kind that breaks power lines and tree limbs — and could be a step toward improving predictions of this hazard.

The spring rains and melting snow make the earth and soil heavy, thick and damp.

Before all the snow melted, though, it was definitely still heavy duty winter boots season.

The snow is melting here in Michigan so we can take off the heavy sweaters and maybe (gasp) show some bare arm!

The snow has melted, the heavy coats are tucked away and the school year is winding down.

What's in a typical policy: Flood insurance covers direct physical losses by flood and losses resulting from flood - related erosion caused by heavy or prolonged rain, coastal storm surge, snow melt, blocked storm drainage systems, levee dam failure or other similar causes.

For the entire Northern Hemisphere, there is evidence of an increase in both storm frequency and intensity during the cold season since 1950,1 with storm tracks having shifted slightly towards the poles.2, 3 Extremely heavy snowstorms increased in number during the last century in northern and eastern parts of the United States, but have been less frequent since 2000.11,15 Total seasonal snowfall has generally decreased in southern and some western areas, 16 increased in the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region, 16,17 and not changed in other areas, such as the Sierra Nevada, although snow is melting earlier in the year and more precipitation is falling as rain versus snow.18 Very snowy winters have generally been decreasing in frequency in most regions over the last 10 to 20 years, although the Northeast has been seeing a normal number of such winters.19 Heavier - than - normal snowfalls recently observed in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. in some years, with little snow in other years, are consistent with indications of increased blocking (a large scale pressure pattern with little or no movement) of the wintertime circulation of the Northern Hemisphere.5 However, conclusions about trends in blocking have been found to depend on the method of analysis, 6 so the assessment and attribution of trends in blocking remains an active research area.

During the rainy season or the season of melting snow, any groundwater contribution is masked by heavy surface runoff and shallow aquifer effects.

Flash flood watches have been issued by the NWS in parts of the Southern California burn areas, as well as the foothills of the Sierra Nevada below 8,000 feet due to the combination of snow melt and heavy rainfall.

Similarly, the extra moisture provided incremental amounts to the heavy rains that ultimately led to flooding along the Mississippi and later, farther north, heavy rains and melting snows contributed to extensive flooding of the Missouri River.

Other changes flow from this warming, including melting of snow and ice, rising sea level, and increases in some types of extreme weather, such as extreme heat and heavy downpours.

A flood on the Thames noted in February — presumably a combination of heavy rain / inland snow - melt etc., after the events referred to above.

the Greenland ice sheet has seen a small positive change in ice for this year, The unusual year is mainly down to heavy snow and rain in winter and a relatively short and intermittent summer melt season.

Heavy snow in October is not unusual in many places, even if it melts in November.

Nonetheless, in much of the United States where spring snow melt does not dominate peak or normal flow, Groisman et al. (2001) show increasing high streamflow related to increasing heavy precipitation.

Twenty counties are facing heavy flooding as rapidly melting snow makes its way into rivers and streams.

Those effects include more rainfall that occurs in heavy downpours, meaning less is absorbed into the earth and more becomes runoff; more rain and less snowfall in the mountains, which means less melting snow to feed rivers in the spring and summer; and higher temperatures causing more evaporation.

Floods can be caused by hurricanes, melting of snow, water backup drainage burst, heavy storms and many more.

Florida flood insurance offers protection against losses that result from heavy and lengthy rain falls, storm surges, blocked storm drainage systems, snow melts, etc..

Floods can be caused by hurricanes, melting snow, heavy storms, water backup due to overloaded drainage systems.

Flood insurance covers direct physical losses by flood and losses resulting from flood - related erosion caused by heavy or prolonged rain, coastal storm surge, snow melt, blocked storm drainage systems, levee dam failure or other similar causes.

While water damage results from a malfunctioning utility or pipe, flood damage occurs when heavy rains, an overflowing body of water, or snow melt rise to a high enough level to enter your house or overload your plumbing system.

The situations that cause flooding — heavy rain, melting snow, severe coastal weather — can happen anywhere.

Since standard homeowners insurance doesn't cover flooding, it's important to have protection from the floods associated with winter storms, snow melt, heavy rains and other conditions that impact Alaska.

This includes losses resulting from water overflowing rivers or streams, heavy or prolonged rain, storm surge, snow melt, blocked storm drainage systems, broken dams or levees, or other similar causes.

While some floods are caused by tropical storms and hurricanes, many more occur as a result of thunderstorms and heavy rains, rapid snow melt and breaches of levees or dams.

With spring comes melting snow, thawing frost, and heavy rainfall, leading to saturated ground that can cause havoc in basements.

This is particularly true in the spring, when the winter's heavy snows begin to melt and can not be absorbed by the still - frozen ground, and in the summer, when heavy rainfall on already saturated ground leads to flash - flooding.

WATERSHED CONDITIONS STATEMENT — FLOOD OUTLOOK: gives early notice of the potential for flooding based on weather forecasts calling for heavy rain, snow melt, high winds or other conditions