Sentences with phrase «hit by a flood»

This insult by the Deputy Minister has opened our eyes in relation to why it took the government almost a month to come to our aid when we were hit by flood recently.

«High Water Common Ground» will be shown for the first time at Hebden Bridge, the Yorkshire Pennines market town hit by floods on Boxing Day 2015.

In a letter dated July 6 but not made public until this weekend, Cuomo asked the federal government to declare a disaster area for home and business owners along the Lake Ontario shoreline that have been hit by flooding in recent months.

The U.S. Department of Defence is pre-positioning troops, search and rescue units, aircraft, vehicles, equipment and supplies to staging areas near places worst hit by flooding in southeastern Texas, in anticipation of a possible request for assistance.

Alan White with the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development suggests financially - strapped property owners in areas hardest - hit by flooding consider moving.

Homeowners from Greene county down through the Catskills and Hudson Valley hit by flooding have two weeks left to apply for financial assistance from the state.

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has launched an appeal for water receptacles to help provide potable water to residents of Anlo Beach who were hit by floods from River Pra.

Across Vermont, many communities that were hit by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene are working to get their athletic fields back in shape.

Property owners in Greece are among those along the lakeshore who have been hit by flooding in recent weeks, and the resolution passed by the town board makes reference to changes brought about by Plan 2014.

When President Trump issued a major disaster declaration for six New York counties Tuesday, Monroe was not among them, even though local communities along the shore of Lake Ontario were among the hardest hit by flooding this spring and summer.

The Democrat says the funding is part of the $ 55 million the state is committing to lakeside communities hit by the flooding last spring and summer.

Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a Winter Ice Storm Emergency, which will activate the State Emergency Operations Center to respond to the needs of areas hit by flooding and power outages.

Additionally, Cuomo reached out to lawmakers representing districts hit by flooding along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, opening the door for a special session that could add flood relief money to an existing state program.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Congressman Chris Collins» office announces FEMA has issued a disaster declaration for the Lake Ontario shoreline, which has been hit by flooding.

People hit by flooding could suffer lingering health problems.

Shelters from other areas across the US have taken in pets to reduce the load in shelters hit by the flooding — and remember, in many cases, these are not abandoned or lost dogs and cats.

The Gaylord Opryland Resort, the Grand Ole Opry and other Nashville - area facilities owned by the company were hit by flooding in May this year.

Hays County, Texas, one of the areas hardest hit by flooding on Memorial Day weekend, has seen extraordinary population growth in recent decades.

For the residents of the Somerset Levels, UK, an area particularly badly hit by flooding last winter, it may come as a relief to hear that such weather is not expected to become the norm.

The United Nations has said $ 350 million is needed to provide assistance to the areas hit by flooding.

Many homeowners believe that federal aid programs will cover the cost of rebuilding if they are hit by a flood.

The overall recommendation for Alberta is to assess carefully before getting a house if it is likely to be hit by a flooding or if the neighbourhood has a history of flooding (e.g. due to rain or melting snow).

«We reflected upon the strong ties that have been forged between our members and the staff who make their homes in Canmore, a community that was particularly hard - hit by the flood and we agreed to contribute $ 20,000,» says Alberta Real Estate Association CEO Dan Russell.

Livingston Parish, which was hardest hit by flooding, reported a 7.5 percent increase in sales to 187 from 174.

Not exact matches

When Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn called Orban a «dictator» for passing laws that could obstruct organizations helping asylum seekers from operating in Hungary, Szijjarto hit back by calling his counterpart an «idiot» who wanted to «flood Hungary with migrants.»

What will happen to my site if your facility gets hit by a fire, a flood, or a major power outage?

2014.05.23 RBC donates $ 50,000 to the Canadian Red Cross for Balkans flood relief The RBC Foundation announced today a $ 50,000 donation to the Canadian Red Cross to support relief efforts for those affected by the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory...

With $ 1 billion in support promised for the flood ravaged communities, it will be difficult for the opposition Wildrose to criticize the Premier's decision to abandon her promise to balance the provincial budget by 2014, especially as Ms. Smith's constituency includes one of the hardest hit areas.

Would the First Nations communities of Siksika or Morley have been as hard hit by the 2013 flood if this suggestion had been acted upon?

Port au Prince typically doesn't get hit directly by the hurricanes, but often gets a lot of the rain from them, so having improved sanitary conditions in camps that could be prone to flooding could be really helpful, digging ditches in the camps, these are all cash - for - work programs that could help with some of the rain that could come in the coming months.

The Philippine rice crop was also hammered by floods as two back — to — back typhoons hit the country's major rice growing region before the crop could be harvested.

The North West of England has been hit by a devastating flood over the weekend.

Ministers should tell councils not to force flood - hit families to pay their council tax, Labour has said, in its latest attempt to gain political capital out of the crisis faced by underwater Britain.

David Cameron's local authority West Oxfordshire, for example, only lets those hit by the failure of flood defences off half of their council tax bill.

Hydrofracking is being eyed in the Utica and Marcellus shale formations of the state, both of which have been hit hard by flooding in recent days.

Chobani is shipping 300,000 packages of its Greek yogurt from its New Berlin, NY plant to food banks and shelters in areas of Texas hit by massive flooding from Harvey.

The Vermont town of Moretown, hard hit by Tropical Storm Irene's flooding two years ago, has won a $ 700,000 federal grant toward construction of a new town office building.

The announcement had originally been planned for July but the couple decided to postpone it out of consideration for a southern region hit by heavy rains and flooding in the month.

For many schools, their fields are on flat land next to rivers, just the areas that were hit the hardest by the flooding in August.

«Many communities have already been hit hard by flooding, and the state is deploying every resource available to help affected areas and residents.»

Elected officials from lakeshore communities are asking Gov. Cuomo to request the president declare areas hit hard by flooding a disaster, so federal funds can go to help residents.

Before Sandy hit, many Long Islanders living by the water considered flood insurance an extra expense required by the bank.

Tory MP Philip Davies, whose Shipley constituency in West Yorkshire was hit by devastating floods in 2015, said it was «unjustifiable» to spend taxpayers» money insuring people in other countries while families here had no such protection.

Prime Minister David Cameron pledges help on flood defences on a visit to Newgale, meeting people who have been hit by the recent floods.

Santa Cuomo bounded down the Capitol chimney with a sackful of relief — tax relief for middle - class New Yorkers and (with reductions in the downstate MTA payroll levy) small businesses and nonpublic schools and help for upstate communities hit by this year's floods.

Large sections in the eastern half of upstate New York got hit by devastating floods caused by Tropical Storm Irene in late August and Tropical Storm Lee earlier this month.

New Berlin, N.Y. — Chobani is shipping 300,000 packages of its Greek yogurt to food banks and shelters in areas of Texas hit by massive flooding from Hurricane Harvey.

Three days after the disaster, former Black Stars skipper Stephen Appiah accompanied by Founder of Civil Society Organisation New Africa Ghana and President of Petronia City Development, Nana Kwame Bediako made their way through the back streets of Adabraka, one of the suburbs worst hit to deliver some relief items to the victims of the flood.

HAITI has been pummelled by hurricane Matthew, which brought flooding and violent winds when it hit on Tuesday.

Then China is hit by a freak, devastating drought, and India is hammered by severe flooding.