Sentences with phrase «hurricanes struck»

The program was generally self - sustaining until Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes struck in 2005.

So far, the price hikes have not been quite as bad as some feared earlier this year — or immediately after several major hurricanes struck late this summer.

Emanuel took issue, for example, as did Knutson, with Elsner's and Saunders's assumption that there was a strong connection between increased hurricane frequency since 1992 and the rate at which hurricanes struck land.

In Florida after Hurricane Andrew it was mandated that the roofs had to be attached to the walls with tie ins and strapping and this really did help when future hurricanes struck.

Devastating hurricanes struck British Honduras in 1931 and 1961.

«When catastrophic hurricanes struck, first responders and everyday citizens dove into rushing waters to save stranded families from danger» he said.

When hurricanes struck Florida and Texas, non-bank small business finance companies had to act This story appeared in deBanked's Mar / Apr 2018 magazine issue.

The answer to this quandary is deceptively simple: We must shift our focus away from what individuals do when hurricanes strike, and turn our attention to the social, economic, and environmental conditions in which we live.

Hurricane Andrew in 1992 led to losses around 1 % of GDP, but no crisis followed — in fact, the economy began to recover from a recession immediately after the hurricane struck.

Several large power outages have hit Puerto Rico in recent months, but Wednesday was the first time since the hurricane struck Sept. 20 that the U.S. territory has experienced a full island - wide blackout.

Ah yes, the very same God who never told Job why he does what he does used a verse or two from the Bible to tell them why someone's dear wife died, why a hurricane struck New York City, and why another lost their job and now is living under a bridge.

Just days before the Hurricane struck, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued a mid-year analysis showing state tax revenues are not on target and collections would have to grow 6.5 percent the remainder of the year to make up for the lower - than - expected revenue.

When hurricanes strike, flooding causes more damage than the wind, and kills more people.

This major hurricane drought surpassed the length of the eight - years from 1861 - 1868 when no major hurricane struck the United States» coast.

We understand that it is high season during the hurricane season, but it has been so long since we had a major hurricane strike the island that it is just scary,» Pérez said.

The series heroines — sisters Emily, Gabriella and Samantha — have all fled in search of fulfilling careers, but when a hurricane strikes home and damages the restaurant, they rush home to help... and one by one find that everything they really need is right there in the town they left behind.

Presumably they have insurance for the PP&E, but there could be a period of lost revenue if a hurricane strikes.

Of all states in the U.S., Florida has had the greatest number of mainland hurricane strikes to date.

In fact, the three states with the highest average condo insurance cost all rank as some of the states with the greatest number of hurricane strikes.

While out of town, the hurricane struck and his neighbors were forced to evacuate their home due to rising flood waters.

The United States saw a score of natural disasters in 2017, with wildfires sweeping through southern California and hurricanes striking parts of the south and Puerto Rico.

I was at our beach cottage and the fleas invaded our home just before a hurricane struck the area.

While the chance of a hurricane striking the east coast after the end of the season is extremely unlikely, one never knows what nasty tricks could be up Mother Nature's sleeve.

«We have to remember that Charleston also lies in a hurricane strike zone, and we have benefited in the past from the good will of others, now it is our turn the pitch in and help.»

June to November is hurricane season, although most hurricanes strike from August to October.

Five years after the hurricane struck the Crescent City, the arts remain an essential aspect of New Orleans and central to its post-Katrina renewal effort.

On Friday morning, forecasters saw declining odds of a landfall, meaning the 11 - year «drought» for major hurricane strikes could remain intact.

Here's an animation loop showing both potential hurricane strikes.

In 2008, researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and University of Miami published «Global warming and United States landfalling hurricanes,» a long - view analysis of patterns in hurricanes striking United States shores in relation to climate conditions.

The authors infer that the lack of storm records in the marsh sediments from Onslow Bay means that only hurricane strikes of higher magnitude can provide proxies for understanding the paleostorm record, because only the most robust storm deposits are archived.

Assessing the Vulnerability of the Alabama GulfCoast to Intense Hurricane Strikes and Forest Firesin the Light of Long - term Climatic Changes http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/nationalassessment/gulfcoast/gulfcoast-chapter13.pdf.

It was clear from MSM wall - to - wall coverage that we had a catastrophe under way the day before the hurricane struck, while it took the administration at least two days after the strike to admit anything was wrong.

I also recommend that you watch the following «news report» about an impending hurricane strike on New York City, from Bill Evans, the WABC meteorologist.

When hurricanes strike, deeper and more extensive storm surge flooding will occur.

We need to understand that uncertainty better, in the same way as we assess the probability of a hurricane striking a particular place at a given time.

Even with Hurricane Sandy, November 2012 marks the quietest long - term hurricane period since the Civil War, with one major hurricane strike on the U.S. in seven years.

¶ An above - average storm season, with regard to the probability of major hurricanes striking the mainland, is facing the US this year, a report from meteorologists at Colorado State University says.

The United States is benefiting from the longest period in recorded history without a major hurricane strike.

Planning experts have long fretted over the possibility of a major hurricane striking Houston.

This means that when a hurricane strikes land now, it will tend to cause much more damage than it would have in the past, even if there is no change in the actual strength of the hurricanes striking land.

The US Has Had 285 Hurricane Strikes Since 1850: «The U.S. has always been vulnerable to hurricanes.

While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration notes that it's «premature» to directly correlate rising greenhouse gas emissions with with a higher frequency of U.S. hurricane strikes, the NOAA admits these weather events will only become «more intense.»

Thus, the long - term reality of 0.63 major hurricanes striking the U.S. every year yielded to a prediction of 0.90.

For hurricanes striking the USA Atlantic and Gulf coasts, one can go back further in time with relatively reliable counts of systems because enough people have lived along coastlines since 1900.

But given that only about a third of Atlantic hurricanes strike the U.S.; hurricanes do damage during a very small fraction of their typical lifetimes; and only intense hurricanes (a small fraction of the total) do significant damage, the amount of hurricane data pertinent to U.S. damage is a tiny fraction of the entire database of North Atlantic hurricanes.

Gray (1984) also finds that of the 54 major hurricanes striking the United States coast during 1900 - 83, only four occurred during the 16 El Niño years in contrast to 50 making landfall during the 68 non-El Niño years.

His research has found that the lack of an El Niño event increases the likelihood of a hurricane strike, as does a climate pattern known as the North Atlantic Oscillation, or NAO.

Well, it will definitely be in the record books for ending the 12 year drought of major hurricanes striking the U.S.»

He cautioned, though, that during more active seasons the odds increase for hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. «We know for the conditions that we expect this year, historically there is a much higher probability of multiple hurricane strikes in the U.S.»

When another hurricane struck Puerto Rico on the same day in 1928, it was named Hurricane San Felipe the second and it became clear that a better naming scheme was required.