Sentences with phrase «in flood waters»

Farm equipment sits in flood waters in Belle Glade following hurricane Irma in Belle Glade, Florida on September 11, 2017.

I lost hundreds of slides and photos in the flood waters of Katrina.

Francis Alÿs standing in the flood waters of Hurricane Sandy outside of David Zwirner's West 19th Street spaces, New York, 2012

Benito Juarez Cavazos had come to Texas illegally from Mexico on his own as a young teen and was in the process 28 years later of getting his green card when he was swept away in the flood waters left by Hurricane Harvey.

Many parts of Accra and Kumasi have been submerged in flood waters, curtailing vehicular movement after few hours of rain on Friday morning.

The town was submerged in flood waters which washed away parked vehicles and other property.

Many parts of Accra were submerged in flood waters, curtailing vehicular movement after the hours of rain.

The fear of losing oneself in its flood waters is entirely normal.

Russian River Rising, More Rain on the Way: A driver in a Hummer became trapped in flood waters on a rural road west of Santa Rosa early Monday afternoon, generating a large emergency response including the Sonoma County sheriff's helicopter, a swift - water rescue team and a boat of firefighters...

«The bright line on a map is an illusion,» he said, particularly in flat places like Houston, where a slight change in flood waters can result in far more widespread inundation.

This week we've seen them in action in the flooded waters of Houston.

The disorganization is shutting me down... after many, many issues since the hurricane (hubby contracted staph infection in the flood water, the city deeming our home «substantially damaged» stating I can't live there OR repair it — that I must raise the house to code (7 ′ in the air) or sell.

Not exact matches

Datagram, an ISP whose Manhattan servers host BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, Gawker — which all briefly went offline yesterday — was completely flooded, and waiting for the Army Corps of Engineers to assist in pumping out the water.

Flooding from a water main break added to the misery of travelers after a winter storm canceled or delayed hundreds of flights in recent days.

FOND PARISIEN, Haiti — Two Haitian brothers came back to their homeland to build a livelihood on Lake Azuei, a turbulent expanse of water that has often been cruel to those living along its shore, flooding homes in the border town of Fond Parisien and blocking a key highway into the Dominican Republic.

Failure of the auxiliary spillway structure will result in an uncontrolled release of flood waters from Lake Oroville.»

Although officials from corrections departments in all three areas say things went smoothly, accounts from inmates and their families suggest otherwise, with reports of flooding, at least one mass escape, food and water shortages, unhygienic conditions, and a lack of reliable communication.

In other words, rising sea levels and flooding threaten to ruin drinkable water supplies, making these islands virtually impossible to live on.

Last year, for instance, it sent emergency drinking water to communities affected by California's wildfires, floods in Louisiana, and Hurricane Matthew, which made landfall in South Carolina.

At this point parts of the city were completely under water after nearby dykes broke in the flooding that devastated many river communities along the Danube that week.

«It could be a flood loss like Katrina because of the amount of water that's coming in... not as much wind as it will be water,» said institute spokeswoman Loretta Worters.

The photo, which was posted to Twitter Tuesday, showed 24 - packs of bottled water selling for $ 42.96 and led to accusations the store was price gouging in the wake of extensive flooding and destruction wrought by the storm, CNBC reports.

HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 30: Cars are seen as flood waters surround houses and apartment complexes in West Houston, TX on Wednesday, Aug 30, 2017.

And that has to do with engineering analysis and changing conditions along eroding shorelines but also in inland water and flood - control projects.»

Water is also a symbol in company folklore; for many years Optiva's manufacturing plant was separated from the rest of the company's operations by a creek that periodically flooded over, making employees» treks back and forth, well, an adventure.

In May, Anheuser - Busch completely halted beer production at its Georgia brewery in order to produce drinking water for those displaced by heavy storms and flooding in Texas and OklahomIn May, Anheuser - Busch completely halted beer production at its Georgia brewery in order to produce drinking water for those displaced by heavy storms and flooding in Texas and Oklahomin order to produce drinking water for those displaced by heavy storms and flooding in Texas and Oklahomin Texas and Oklahoma.

«I started going back and trying to think about what I use in my day - to - day work,» said Peter Gleick, a hydrologist who looks at the movement of water all over the world to understand and predict droughts and flooding.

The guard tower at an evacuated Texas State prison unit in Rosharon, Texas, is submerged by water from the flooded Brazos River in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, September 1, 2017.

Director of Public Information Office Jason Clark told me via e-mail that Stiles did not flood, and the inmates in all three TDCJ units were given sufficient water, food, and access to toilets.

From the shelter, the presidential motorcade travel to First Church to help load water and food on vehicles bound for flood victims in need, and the president, who was asking Congress for almost $ 8 billion in emergency funding, also repeatedly applauded the federal relief efforts thus far.

The company made its first water donation in 2013, when severe flooding caused Alberta to declare Canada's first - ever provincial state of emergency, also flying out a team of Labatt employees to help with the flood clean - up effort on the ground.

The key to re-starting refineries will be draining the water that flooded the facilities in order to allow staff to return and operations to resume.

In most cases that would be standing water most likely caused by a leak or some sort of internal flood.

And so far, there has not been reports of major damage at the Gulf Coast refineries, although with flood waters still in the Port Arthur area, it is still unknown how quickly they will return to operation.

Hurricane Harvey flooded the homes of thousands in the Houston area — but it also revealed heroes like Wil Scott who didn't only help in the immediate crisis, but continue to volunteer, long after the waters receded, to help others rebuild their lives.

Health officials in Texas have already announced the death of a 77 - year - old Harris county resident from Vibrio: She came into contact with flood waters when they ripped into her home, and later died as a result of flesh - eating disease.

Building in coastal cities: «We have to learn how to live with water» After hurricanes in Texas and Florida cause flooding in major cities,...

It took nearly a month before someone could confirm that my mother's first house where I was living was flooded and my remaining clothes, furniture, and books had been floating in water for weeks.

Images of the flooded metropolises of Houston, Jacksonville, and San Juan with overtopped dams, billowing sewage, and flooded homes show that torrential rain can be one of the most devastating consequences of hurricanes, especially in urban areas where concrete makes it harder for water to drain and where people can drown.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

At the height of the flood, the water had risen to 6 feet in the house; the cat had hidden in a dry space above a bedroom closet.

2016.05.18 Canadian Water Attitudes Study: climate change ranked the top threat to our fresh water But three - quarters of Canadians do not believe they live in an area prone to drought or floWater Attitudes Study: climate change ranked the top threat to our fresh water But three - quarters of Canadians do not believe they live in an area prone to drought or flowater But three - quarters of Canadians do not believe they live in an area prone to drought or flood...

Water management expert Kevin Mercer of RainGrid says the efficiency of municipalities to manage the mounting impacts on flood management infrastructure will be revealed in public and private property damage, insurability and economic recovery.

A woman pushes the bicitaxi of her husband loaded with their belongings of his house flooded by the waters caused by the Hurricane Irma in Isabela de Sagua, Cuba, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.

The Hippo high head series submersible slurry pump system can remove acid mine drainage (AMD) water from flooded mine shafts in a...

Damages include flooded homes, lack of drinking water and electrical services, massive destruction of plantations and crops, risks associated with mosquito - borne and water - borne diseases, collapsed structures, public safety issues, and millions of evacuees in shelters.

And don't say something like, «The whales could just swim along side the ark» because that much excess water (that supposedly flooded the earth) would have changed the salinity levels in the oceans.

4) If we took ALL the water from the oceans, ALL the water from the ice, ALL the water contained in the atmosphere and ALL the water from the rocks (which has actually happened in the past), it STILL doesn't flood the Earth.

On the 2nd day God established the flood waters, just as in the 2nd thousandth year, God flooded the world.

A flood leaves evidences; the world today is covered 3/4 in water and the 1/4 that is land is covered in sediment layers and trillions of dead things as fossils.