Sentences with phrase «hit gulf coast»

Shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast with deadly force late last year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Ad Council in a nationwide campaign asked Americans to be alert to discrimination of the disaster victims, a majority of whom were minorities.

What's more, construction activity for the rebuilding of the hurricane - hit Gulf Coast promises to boost GDP growth.

When Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast and greater Houston area, 28 - year - old Mirna was among thousands of people forced to leave their homes for safer...

The biggest storms of 2017 included Category 4 Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas and Louisiana in late August; Category 4 Hurricane Irma, which hit Florida in early September; Category 4 Hurricane Maria, which struck North Carolina two weeks later; and Category 1 Hurricane Nate, which hit the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida in October.

This spring, GRN hopes to host a discussion with experts on the legal issues that have developed as a result of the recent tragedies that have hit the Gulf Coast.

This, of course, comes not two years after the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history hit the Gulf coast.

Katrina was a category - 5 hurricane at its peak, but it was a category - 3 hurricane when it hit the Gulf Coast, and it was only a category - 1 hurricane at New Orleans (95 mph), though it was just below the threshold for a category - 2 hurricane.

Just to remind people: Katrina was a category - 5 hurricane at its peak, but it was a category - 3 hurricane when it hit the Gulf Coast, and it was only a category - 1 hurricane at New Orleans (95 mph), though it was just below the threshold for a category - 2 hurricane.

Powerful hurricanes and tropical storms hit the Gulf Coast and Caribbean in 2017, killing more than 200 people, causing billions of dollars in damage and upsetting the lives of tens of millions, from Texas to Puerto Rico.

Major storms and the higher storm surges exacerbated by sea level rise that hit the Gulf Coast affect the entire country through their cascading effects on oil and gas production and distribution.5

It has been three months since Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast of the United States in August 2017.

Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast of Texas on August 25.

When the Category 3 storm known as Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast early on August 29, 2005, I don't think anyone could have predicted the massive flooding and damage and the hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama who became temporarily or permanently homeless.

@politicoroger Isaac may hit the gulf coast on FL panhandle or further west.

I am David I am 35 never married, I am a poor man living on disability, I have since Katrina hit the gulf coast in 2005 I have done nothing but help my 2 sisters raise my nieces and nephews.

But the governor's office noted in a companion news released that more of the state's homes and businesses suffered as a result of Sandy than during Katrina, which hit the Gulf Coast.

When the winds and waves of Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast the church stepped up.

For example, PBF Energy, a company with refining assets in the U.S. Northeast and Midwest, has seen its share price jump by more than 25 percent since the storm hit the Gulf Coast.

The two hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast this month have not swayed the group much.

So far hurricane season in the US has being almost non-existent with no major storms hitting the gulf coast so far.

This transfer will allow the Louisiana SPCA to respond to animals in need before, during and after Isaac hits the Gulf Coast.

The Humane Society of South Mississippi contacted the SPCA of Texas on Sunday, August 26th, with a similar request, also to allow the Humane Society of South Mississippi respond to animals in need as Isaac hits the Gulf Coast.

A fresh round of government and private hurricane forecasts show Tropical Storm Gustav, which is now heading west between Jamaica and Cuba, growing into a dangerous hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend and hitting the Gulf Coast around Labor Day.

Not exact matches

The Category 4 storm Hurricane Ike, the most recent major hurricane to hit the Texas Gulf Coast, caused $ 38 billion in damage in 2008.

The fresh hit comes five days after the monster storm slammed onshore as a Category Four hurricane, pummeling the US Gulf Coast with torrential rains that turned neighborhoods into lakes in America's fourth largest city, Houston.

Originally, Miami was expected to bear the brunt of the storm once it hit Florida — but by Saturday morning, the storm's trajectory had shifted westward, with Tampa, the Gulf Coast, and other parts of South Florida (including the Florida Keys) in line for the worst effects.

The discount airline struggled during the third quarter, with hurricanes dramatically hitting its operations in the Caribbean and along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Such exports hit a peak of 874,260 barrels in total in July, before falling back to 346,921 in August... The re-exports have become a relief valve for both countries by reducing some congestion of supplies within the U.S. «We've got so much rail capacity now and pipe capacity is really starting to come on line, especially heading down to the U.S. Gulf,» said Martin King, analyst at FirstEnergy Capital Corp. «One way or another, the market's figured out a way to get Canadian crude to a country other than the U.S.» Tidal Energy Marketing Inc., a unit of Enbridge Inc., is one company that has shipped Canadian crude from the Gulf Coast, sending a cargo to Spain in May.

As I write this, I can hear far off rumbles of thunder and a steady and determined rain hitting the metal roof of the beach house we rented along the Gulf Coast of Port Aransas, Texas.

Toward the end of spring training in 1979, with New York's play sour and George Steinbrenner's demeanor dour, the Yankees hit Florida's Gulf Coast — Steinbrenner's backyard — for several exhibition games.

Imagine an 18 - year - old Thome, hitting.237 /.314 /.296 while making 15 errors at shortstop for the Gulf Coast League Indians.

Cuomo says Sandy may have caused more destruction of homes, businesses and sea shore than Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005.

- Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005, is in a class by itself: In addition to the loss of life, it caused $ 40 billion in insurance losses.

And then Hurricane Katrina hit, forever changing not only the Gulf Coast, but also Guenther's career.

(The data on card debt was drawn from mid-2017, before Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Gulf Coast.)

Shrimp, sea turtles, «sport fish,» teal & doves all get a break HOUSTON, Texas ---- As hard as Hurricane Harvey hit humans, pets, livestock, and some of the most vulnerable wildlife along the Gulf Coast of Texas and adjacent part of Louisiana, especially big birds who could not escape from the wind, early damage assessments indicate that -LSB-...]

It has been two months since Hurricane Harvey hit Texas and Gulf Coast states, and more than a month since Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico.

Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast near Corpus Christi on Aug. 25 after it intensified rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico.

Our shelter partners on the Gulf Coast have not only been caring for the homeless animals in their care before the storm hit, but have been dealing with the influx of displaced animals.

Tropical Storm Nate could hit the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane this weekend.

The Hurricane Irma support and relief efforts follow the recent announcement that Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Corporation and the Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation provided a minimum of $ 2 million for Hurricane Harvey recovery across the Gulf Coast region, including some of the hardest hit areas of Texas.

When the adverse impacts start hitting the recreation industries of the Gulf coast, the politics could get very interesting.

He said the new study could help scientists better predict the frequency and intensity of hurricanes that could hit the U.S. East and Gulf coasts in the future.

In the United States, parts of the East Coast and Gulf Coast would be hit hard.

Along the U.S. East Coast, a sudden jump in sea level during recent years was blamed on a slowing down of the Gulf Stream due to freshwater melt pulses hitting the North Atlantic.

Even the short period of modern records proves that it's only a matter of time before every single spot on the Gulf Coast is hit by a major hurricane.

Re 172 As I recall the 3 day track that was forecast for Katrina was pretty accurate, and at present if Ernesto continues on this path which has held steady for at least the last 24 hours, then it will hit the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Using data from satellites, a research team in the US has calculated that Hurricane Katrina, which hit the US Gulf Coast in 2005, killed or severely damaged around 320 million large trees.

The Gulf Coasts of Texas, Florida and Louisiana get hit more frequently and intensely by hurricanes than any other places in the U.S..

When Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in August of 2005, more than 1,800 people died and 275,000 homes were destroyed.