Sentences with phrase «in a flood zone as»

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Many people point to the National Flood Insurance Program, which was created to boost financial resilience in flood zones, but has been criticized from just about every political and technical vantage point as too often working to subsidize, instead of mitigate, vulnerability.

And the council only augments the zone - flooding effort Trudeau has orchestrated over the past few months to win over American allies all over the U.S. (That campaign, as Maclean's detailed in this story, enlisted 17 cabinet ministers, 12 premiers and 13 diplomats.)

• The office of Sen. Robert Ortt, a North Tonawanda Republican, said the senator helped secure $ 40 million for Lake Ontario flood relief, as well as $ 1 million for a statewide mental health resource program based in public schools and $ 1.6 million for the Niagara Falls Economic Development Tourism Target Zone.

Does not sound as sudden doomsday, unless someone decided to build in a flood zone)

The researcher team agreed that including extreme sea levels into coastal impact studies is imperative in helping vulnerable parts of the world effectively protect themselves by adapting through new or upgraded infrastructure such as dikes, pumping systems, barriers, or other tools like new building codes or flood zoning that prevents new infrastructure from being built in high - risk areas.

ONLINE Gold Award: Al Shaw, Neena Satija and Kiah Collier ProPublica and The Texas Tribune «Boomtown, Flood Town» Dec. 7, 2016 In a comprehensive, richly interactive story, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reported that more frequent and fiercer rainstorms are likely in cities like Houston due to climate change, even as unmanaged growth and lack of zoning have made the city more vulnerable to risk of floodinIn a comprehensive, richly interactive story, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reported that more frequent and fiercer rainstorms are likely in cities like Houston due to climate change, even as unmanaged growth and lack of zoning have made the city more vulnerable to risk of floodinin cities like Houston due to climate change, even as unmanaged growth and lack of zoning have made the city more vulnerable to risk of flooding.

In this category, as explained by Schrag, are reforms in infrastructure, insurance, flood plain zoning, agricultural research, and water managemenIn this category, as explained by Schrag, are reforms in infrastructure, insurance, flood plain zoning, agricultural research, and water managemenin infrastructure, insurance, flood plain zoning, agricultural research, and water management.

Climate change is partly to blame, as is construction in flood zones.

Instead, they are wearing Cheshire cat grins as they consider the «pricing power» they gain as scared property owners in flood zones and on cyclone tracks pay up whatever it takes to get cover.

Here, Garland takes that influence and reapplies the lack of comprehendible logic as to how these settings have come to exist, from an unusually flooded shack, right up to a lighthouse which acts as a portal to a greater metaphysical state of being (not unlike «the room», an area in Stalker's Zone, which grants the wishes of anybody who steps in).

The claim did not cost the insurance company a significant amount, and your home is not necessarily predisposed to risk of future hail storms, as it may be to floods if you lived in a flood zone.

This is important if your home is in a flood zone, as the financial loss after a flood disaster is potentially catastrophic.

Texas doesn't require homeowners to purchase flood insurance, but if your property is in a high - risk flood zone, you may need to buy coverage as a condition of closing on your mortgage.

neighbourhoods, or in certain parts of Manitoba, will find it impossible to get flood insurance, as they live in designated flood zones.)

Excess flood insurance is available in all parts of the country — in high - risk flood zones along the coast and close to major rivers as well as in areas of lower risk.

Low - lying areas of the city that are most at risk for flooding and other damage and are designated as «Zone A» low - lying areas in the Coastal Storm Plan include Coney Island and Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, Far Rockaway and Broad Channel in Queens, South Beach, Midland Beach, and other low - lying areas on Staten Island, and Battery Park City in Manhattan.

And the transit system, which normally only allows service dogs or pets in carriers to ride buses and trains, allowed leashed dogs onboard as a way of encouraging reluctant pet owners in flood zones to leave.

As Hurricane Sandy approached New York City in late October last year, the residents in Zone A — the low - lying areas with the most potential for flooding — were ordered to evacuate by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

I described potential pitfalls, including conflating rising exposure to climate - related hazards as populations in drought and flood zones rise with impacts of climate change from building greenhouse gases.

The non linear nature of forcing is related more to positive feedbacks and changes that are still being studied, such as cyclic changes in moisture content and regional dispersion, the methane cycles in the ocean or the potential of methane clathrate / hydrate release, and of course the race to feed more people on a planet which will inevitably add more nitrous oxide to the atmosphere and create more dead zones in the oceans, droughts, floods, fires, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria....

In an email exchange, Ramirez explained that the lack of resilience created in the region's crowding flood zones has been accompanied by environmental impacts, as welIn an email exchange, Ramirez explained that the lack of resilience created in the region's crowding flood zones has been accompanied by environmental impacts, as welin the region's crowding flood zones has been accompanied by environmental impacts, as well:

What's particularly welcome there is the language on «removing counterproductive policies that increase vulnerabilities» — which I hope will lead to some of the steps I recently described that could cut costs from future wildfires in America's «red zones,» as well as shifts in how federal flood insurance is priced.

Methane (CH4 +) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are produced as byproducts of anaerobic metabolism in the low - redox zones characteristic of flooded soils, where oxygen is lacking.

But there are plenty of examples of glaring, even subsidized, exposure to climate risk in rich places, as well — for instance ongoing development in flood zones around St. Louis, Mo., and along coasts vulnerable to hurricanes.

With or without global warming, there's a solid argument that improved understanding of planetary dynamics, particularly the climate system, is essential to sustaining human progress given how risks rise as populations expand, build, farm and concentrate in zones that are implicitly vulnerable to hard knocks like floods, droughts, heat and severe storms.

It argues that investments should start with low - regret options, with measures that tackle the weather risks that countries already face, such as increased investment in water storage in drought - prone basins or protection against storms and flooding in coastal zones and / or urban areas.

Birdlife found logging taking place in conservation zones such as Poloniny national park in eastern Slovakia and in Italian riverside forests around Emilia - Romagna, where it said it had been falsely presented as flood - risk mitigation.

The vacant land (that might be land that is earmarked for other uses but not yet in use as such or land that is not fit for construction e.g. flood zones, land under power lines, etcetera, or buffer zones and land reserves for future use) is given in short or medium term lease to organized groups of urban poor for gardening purposes (multi annual purposive specific leaseholds or occupancy licenses).

The project seeks to address the climate - related problems (such as frequent drought, floods, landslides and coastal storms) posing a serious threat to the government's objective of developing strong rural economies to bridge the urban - rural income disparity, particularly in post conflict zones.

For those living in a flood zone, the decision is most likely made as to whether or not to get coverage, but for those not in a flood zone, you may find yourself realizing it is a great coverage to have.

Your home may be in an area that has been zoned as subject to different risks, such as flood risk, like a 1 in 100 year flood.

Excess flood insurance is available in all parts of the country — in high - risk flood zones along the coast and close to major rivers as well as in areas of lower risk.

Rentals in flood zones and high crime areas are considered high risk, as are rentals that are far away from fire stations.

The claim did not cost the insurance company a significant amount, and your home is not necessarily predisposed to risk of future hail storms, as it may be to floods if you lived in a flood zone.

The cost can be as low as around $ 129 per year if you live a low risk flood area, and somewhere between around $ 400 and $ 570 per year, on average, in a high risk flood zone.

If you secured your home or business loan through a federally backed program, such as the VA or FHA, and you live in an NFIP - identified flood zone, your lender may require you to carry flood insurance.

If you live in a designated flood zone and have a mortgage on your home, you may already have this coverage, as required by your lender.

Texas doesn't require homeowners to purchase flood insurance, but if your property is in a high - risk flood zone, you may need to buy coverage as a condition of closing on your mortgage.

This is usually the case if your home is located in a high - risk zone on flood maps, as it's considered to have a higher risk of flooding.

Federal law requires homeowner's with property in flood zone areas or areas designated as high - risk have flood insurance.

People who live in flood zones, for instance, can get flood insurance as a rider or separate policy.

You want to get as specific information as you can because the needs of someone living in a flood zone area like the Tidewater area of Virginia will have different needs than someone living in an inner city neighborhood with a high crime rate.

If the home is located in an area designated as a disaster zone or an area prone to floods, hurricanes or earthquakes, additional coverage that protects your home against these scenarios is also mandatory.

Whether or not you live in a designated flood zone, as a South Carolina resident, you run this risk of financial losses due to flood damage.

An independent agent in the Trusted Choice ® network can review flood zone maps with you and answer your questions as well as help you secure a flood insurance policy.

As a result of this mapping effort, many more homes and businesses are now considered to be in designated flood - zones.

Some Dallas residents who have recently been designated as being in a high risk zone will have already received a yellow post card in the mail informing them that they are required to purchase a flood policy because of lender requirements.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines a high - risk flood zone as an area where there is a one in four chance of heavy flooding during the period covered by a 30 - year mortgage.

When an area goes from not being a flood zone to being a flood zone, «we in the industry take it as our responsibility to provide notices to lenders,» says Stokes.

In fact, RPR is the largest comprehensive database of parcel - centric property information in the industry, providing agents with all - inclusive reports that include details such as demographics, tax assessments, public records, default, REOs, foreclosure and pre-foreclosure data, MLS / CIE - provided information, zoning, liens, school districts and flood plain mapIn fact, RPR is the largest comprehensive database of parcel - centric property information in the industry, providing agents with all - inclusive reports that include details such as demographics, tax assessments, public records, default, REOs, foreclosure and pre-foreclosure data, MLS / CIE - provided information, zoning, liens, school districts and flood plain mapin the industry, providing agents with all - inclusive reports that include details such as demographics, tax assessments, public records, default, REOs, foreclosure and pre-foreclosure data, MLS / CIE - provided information, zoning, liens, school districts and flood plain maps.