Sentences with phrase «higher hurricanes hit»

Not exact matches

Carnival reported better - than - expected quarterly results on Tuesday as higher ticket prices helped offset a hit from hurricanes.

«The odds of a hurricane hitting a company on the coast of Florida are very high,» Brown says.

The impact of the catastrophic hurricane activity that hit the US during the reporting period will also give investors a higher tolerance for a profit growth slowdown, which could be viewed as temporary, and therefore have a limited effect, Goldman said.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude hit a nearly four - month high at $ 50.81 on Thursday, despite three straight weeks of rising stockpiles in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which shut a quarter of U.S. refining capacity.

The unemployment rate has inched up since the hurricane hit, to 10.9 percent in December — the highest in the United States.

Profits of non-financial corporates rose by 19 per cent over the year to the September quarter, and are very high as a share of GDP, though profits of financial corporates were adversely affected by higher insurance payouts following the string of hurricanes that hit the US in the September quarter.

When I was in high school, three major hurricanes hit my hometown of West Palm Beach, Fla. within the span of a few months.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Homeowners who repaired their homes hit by Hurricane Sandy will no longer be on the hook for higher tax bills - Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Thursday paving the way for $ 4 million in property tax relief for storm victims.

There is heavy - hitting support for Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota, a man who got high marks for his handling of Hurricane Sandy.

Drivers who plan to hit the road over Labor Day weekend will face higher gasoline prices because of the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the nation's refineries and pipelines.

It's called El Niño Modoki, and this change predicts more hurricanes with higher chances of hitting land.

If the storm makes landfall, coming two weeks after Hurricane Harvey inundated parts of Texas, it would be the first time in recorded history that two hurricanes classified as Category 4 or higher hit the U.S. in a single season, according to Weather Underground.

Maria's eye assaulted the town of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of nearly 250 kilometers per hour (155 miles per hour)-- the high end of category 4 — making it the strongest storm to hit the island since the San Ciprian Hurricane of 1932.

Many factors combined to make Harvey — the first category 3 or higher hurricane to hit America since October 2005 — so dangerous.

A couple of weeks ago, the incredibly intense and powerful Hurricane Irma hit our home of Florida, causing high flooding and damage to southern region...

By Joanna D. Samson, Vice President of FOTAS By the time it hit the South Carolina Coast, Hurricane Matthew had been downgraded from a Category 5 to a Category 2 storm; but the 85 mph winds, 10 - 14 inches of rainfall and extraordinarily high storm surges nevertheless created life - threatening conditions and caused the wide - spread destruction of property.

British Virgin Islands Governor Augustus Jaspert has given the all clear for the territory after the destination avoided a direct hit from Hurricane Maria, although it did experience high wind and rain.

Due to its geographical location along the Atlantic hurricane belt, Riviera Maya is at risk of being hit by hurricanes between June and October, when humidity is extremely high — between 76 % and 81 %.

As Hurricane Maria churned through the Caribbean this week, the British Virgin Islands were fortunate to have been spared a direct hit, although the territory did experience high wind and rain.

When change and controversy hit the museum like a hurricane in 2012, Ruiz was one of only two curators left on staff following a series of high - profile firings and resignations.

Were that exact hurricane to hit again (somehow having the same incubating weather recreated), it would be over a slightly higher base sea level and thus the storm surge could move further inland, or over defenses which were not raised after» 38.

For example, when Hurricane Sandy struck New York City in 2012, it hit an area where the sea level was about a foot higher than it had been a century before.

A few more years of that SW US drought, a few more big hurricanes hitting cities — how much would it take to panic Americans into making climate change a high priority?

What probably matters more for people who live in hurricane zones is how many storms of Category 3 or higher end up hitting land.

In a section on how the frequency of hurricanes and cyclones is likely to change, the report cites what's been called a «hurricane drought» — a remarkable gap, «unprecedented in the historical records dating back to the mid-19th century» — in the U.S. being hit by storms category 3 or higher.

Moraga says you should be aware of hurricane deductibles, if you plan to buy your first home in an area frequently hit by high winds.

In areas likely to be hit by hurricanes, for example, buildings must be able to withstand high winds.

Conway faces an especially high risk for hurricanes, with 77 violent storms hitting the city since 1930.

Home sales and prices reached a fever pitch mid-decade, and giving to the REALTORS ® Relief Foundation also hit its highest point in those years, enabling the foundation to raise more than $ 9 million for hurricane relief.

A severe storm just hit If you live in a hurricane zone or other area where severe weather is common, your windows may be damaged by high winds or from corrosion from sea salt.