Sentences with phrase «in weather disasters»

Report: Climate change behind rise in weather disasters.

So what we have here is a real lack of consensus in science regarding the role of CO2 and «global warming» in weather disasters.

«The study being released today by Munich Re, the world's largest reinsurance firm, sees climate change driving the increase in weather disasters.»

And as Roger Pielke Jr has shown repeatedly, the long - term statistics show no detectable change in weather disasters, (adjusted for demographics).

Germanwatch said Haiti lost 9.5 percent of its economy last year in weather disasters led by Hurricane Sandy.

Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science and director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center, said there is no doubt the sharp increase in weather disasters is an effect of human - caused climate change.

The full extent of Hurricane Harvey's aftermath started to come into chilling focus Sunday in Houston and across much of central Texas, as rain measured in feet, not inches, overwhelmed lakes, rivers and bayous, leaving several people dead and thousands displaced in a weather disaster described...

The full extent of Hurricane Harvey's aftermath started to come into chilling focus Sunday in Houston and across much of central Texas, as rain measured in feet, not inches, overwhelmed lakes, rivers and bayous, leaving several people dead and thousands displaced in a weather disaster described as «beyond anything experienced.»

Not exact matches

Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.

Three days before Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, hardware retailer Home Depot received an alert from a weather service and activated its disaster - response plan to get supplies to those in the storm's path, while turning a profit, too.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Giving a presentation entitled «Navigating Ambiguity» on Wednesday at the Fortune, Time and Wallpaper * Brainstorm Design conference held in Singapore, the executive director of Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, also known as the d.school, observed that people seem to feel a heightened sense of uncertainty across the board — in politics, retirement, medical, disaster relief, even the weather.

In the days following a natural disaster, consumers and businesses will likely start imagining how they could be better - prepared for the next major weather event that could leave them without power, water, or even shelter.

Many such experts say the disasters in the sprawling suburban and petro - industrial landscape around Houston and along the crowded coasts of Florida reinforce the urgent idea that resilient infrastructure is needed more than ever, particularly as human - driven climate change helps drive extreme weather.

Climate change is «playing an increasing role in the increasing frequency of some types of extreme weather that lead to billion - dollar disasters, most notably the rise in vulnerability to drought, lengthening wildfire seasons and the potential for extremely heavy rainfall and inland flooding,» Smith said.

In 2017, the U.S. endured its costliest year for weather and climate disasters on record because of a trio of monster hurricanes and a ferocious wildfire season.

These variables can include regulatory changes, extreme weather or natural disasters, changes in management — the list goes on.

In addition to these, you'll want to watch out for reports related to adverse weather or natural disasters which impact the production of various commodities.

According to the Environment America Research and Policy Center, more than 15 million Americans live in counties that have averaged one or more weather - related disasters per year since the beginning of 2006.

God isn't the one who has or needs taming is the people who are in need of taming by God... and the weather could very well be the reaction of the behavior of people's deeds... so yea God gets uncomfortable and can cause disaster if he want to show a sign or tame the people...

In fact, earth is so perfect for human existence that microorganisms, natural disasters, and extreme weather kill millions.

These «natural disasters» are the result of seasonal weather patterns and global warming, which has in the last decade produced a great number of weather events to move in a Northerly direction.

Somebody did something about the weather in Florida; now a looming disaster demands that it be undone

BSB is also actively involved in the WNY community sponsoring the annual WNY Pregnancy and Baby Expo each Fall and also as a certified emergency shelter in times of community disaster or weather related emergencies.

In addition to these largely weather - driven disasters, there are emergencies caused by humans as well: wars, terrorists, and even governmental policies are creating emergency situations for families around the globe who may find themselves fleeing from their homes and homeland.

With a series of severe weather events in recent years, power providers across the region have updated their plans to get ready for and respond to weather, and in some cases, man - made disasters.

Well before a March 11 earthquake led to a partial meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, local antinuclear activists and elected officials were warning of the potential for disaster if a hurricane or other unusual weather...

But even as the area recovers, the level of water in Lake Ontario remains high, and recovery efforts along some parts of the shore have to wait for drier weather — and a federal disaster declaration that local and state officials have requested to unlock additional aid.

Changes in extreme weather will require governments to change how they cope with natural disasters, a new report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns

Since 1986, the first year the National Weather Service reported data on heat - related deaths, more people in the United States have died from heat (3,979) than from any other weather - related disaster — more than floods (2,599), tornadoes (2,116) or hurricanes (1,391).

Near the halfway point, 2011 has already seen eight weather - related disasters in the U.S. that caused more than $ 1 billion in damages

It's not flooding or other weather disasters that cause people to move but rather extreme high temperatures, at least in Pakistan

In the U.S., more than 200 weather and climate disasters have exceeded $ 1 billion in damages since 1980, with a total cost exceeding $ 1.2 trillion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministratioIn the U.S., more than 200 weather and climate disasters have exceeded $ 1 billion in damages since 1980, with a total cost exceeding $ 1.2 trillion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratioin damages since 1980, with a total cost exceeding $ 1.2 trillion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

As climate change alters weather patterns — hastening desertification in some places and sopping others — increases the strength of natural disasters — from cyclones to landslides — and raises sea levels world wide, it will make many areas and livelihoods untenable, say the authors.

It may soon be followed, however, by yet more flooding in coming years: climate change may increase the likelihood of extreme weather, such as excessive summer rains, that give rise to such natural disasters.

As noted in this study, in 2012 there were 11 weather and climate billion - dollar disaster events across the United States, including superstorm Sandy, causing 377 deaths and more than $ 110 billion in damages.

According to a poll conducted by researchers at Yale University's Project on Climate Change Communication, four out of five Americans reported personally experiencing one or more types of extreme weather or a natural disaster in 2011, while more than a third were personally harmed either a great deal or a moderate amount by one or more of these events.

«The U.S. [in 2011] experienced a record fourteen weather - related disasters each in excess of a billion dollars — and many more disasters of lesser magnitudes,» reports the non-profit Climate Science Watch (CSW).

The IPCC wants world leaders to err on the side of caution in preparing their citizens for extreme weather events that will likely become more frequent; earlier this year they released a report entitled «Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation» to help policymakers do just that.

A swarm of tornadoes that tore through the Midwest and Southeast in early March has earned the grim title of the nation's first billion - dollar weather disaster of 2012.

«It would not seem plausible that climate change doesn't play a role in the substantial rise in weather - related disasters,» says Ernst Rauch, head of Munich Re's Corporate Climate Centre.

Under agricultural fields, insufficient sunshine due to unusual weather, or natural disasters such as flooding, strongly inhibits energy acquisition in crop plants.

Still, he noted, climate negotiators are not generally experts in finance, and if nations are serious about raising big bucks to protect low - lying islands from sea level rise, to develop distributed solar generation or to do other much - needed work toward both mitigating emissions and building resilience against weather disasters, the conversation needs to shift.

Haiti, the Philippines and Pakistan were hardest hit by weather disasters in 2012, a report issued at U.N.

«To give some sense of this, the opioid crisis is a problem that is magnitudes of order larger than the costs associated with weather - related disasters in 2017,» said Goetz.

The scientists initially reasoned that subtle changes in weather — atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind speed, cloud cover, or rainfall — signaled the pending disaster.

In an effort to understand how extreme weather causes structural damage, four Japanese organisations — the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), the Building Research Institute, the University of Tokyo and the Disaster Prevention Research Institute at Kyoto University — have been developing a tornado simulator.

According to data released by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), which tracks the nation's major weather and climate events, there were 16 «billion dollar» disasters in the United States in 2017, tying the record set in 2011 for most billion dollar disasters in a single year.

In the event of a weather disaster, she joked, «I have my protein bars, but most of all I have my NOAA weather channel.»

That, in turn, the report argues, will help reduce girls» vulnerability to climate change - related weather disasters.