Sentences with phrase «intense storms»

More intense storms of the future likely won't pose a problem, either.

The local area has been known to get high winds and other kinds of intense storms.

Climate models suggest that hurricane intensity should increase as the world warms, and that the most intense storms will become a bigger proportion of the total.

The rise of sea levels, when combined with more intense storms in the future, would be a deadly combination, she said.

With climate change comes less predictable weather patterns, more frequent and intense storm systems, and increased risk of environment related property damage.

The low pressure associated with intense storms is small compared to the water being forced toward the shore by the wind.

It presents tips to help owners prepare, handle and help pets recover, physically or mentally, after intense storms or disasters.

It was a very intense storm that brought with it intense winds and rainfall, as well as a storm surge.

To make the discovery, scientists analyzed the impact of two similar but less intense storms in 2003 and 2005.

Is it a surprise that two such intense storms would occur back to back?

An unusually intense storm that catches some people unaware and puts them in a mental state of shock.

The one area, however, where there is still much more to be researched and learned is in predicting just how intense a storm may be.

The warmer these temperatures, the more moisture enters the atmosphere, and the more intense our storms become.

The story begins with an American scientist discovering that the sun is undergoing enormously intense storms.

In other cases, the worst case may be a series of long - duration moderately intense storms.

That stresses the structures and reduces their margin of safety to handle intense storms.

So with 1940 - 1960 warmer than the 1970s, we would expect more intense storms in 1940 - 1960 than in the 1970s.

It is also changing rain and snow patterns and increasing the risk of intense storms and droughts.

While theoretical and model experiments show warmer seas drive more intense storms in the future, the total number isn't expected to increase.

The Dubai case was particularly astounding to the researchers given that the models suggested even a moderate - intensity storm could generate an extremely high surge, and that under the right circumstances, a strong storm could reach intensities far greater than even the most intense storm on record with a surge up to 23 feet (though these would be 3 to 20 times rarer than a 10,000 - year storm).

In addition to property crimes like theft and arson, property damage from intense storms and weather can lead to large business losses if you do not have the right insurance.

«When we compared the current convective population to the future, we found that weak to moderate storms decrease in frequency, whereas the most intense storms increase in frequency,» Rasmussen said.

Scientists have found that high - resolution climate models were far better at reproducing intense storms, such as hurricanes and cyclones that lower - resolution commonly - used models.

In a sediment core from the Mar Menor (SE Spain), we discovered eight coarse - grained layers which document marine incursions during periods of intense storm activity or tsunami events.

Poor Preparedness for Climate Change Impacts Is Much to Blame for Exxon's Hurricane Troubles Climate scientists and scientific reports have long predicted that a warmer planet will lead to serious and harmful impacts such as sea level rise, more intense storm surges, more frequent and devastating flooding, and more extreme weather such as more powerful hurricanes.

Seasonal floods and particularly intense storms cause major problems for homes in some areas and if you've invested in a vacation rental where floodwaters are rising, you could be in for some frustration.

The MetroWest region of Massachusetts is experiencing climate change through more intense storm events, punctuated by increased frequency of droughts, which are only expected to worsen.

Hurricane Maria, one of the most intense storms ever recorded, wreaked havoc upon Puerto Rico's electrical grid, rendering a significant portion of the archipelago without power.

This storm is the largest, most intense storm observed on Saturn by NASA's Voyager or Cassini spacecraft.

The report states that with SIDS being completely dependent on ports and airports, climate change risks such as rising sea levels, increasing temperatures and more frequent and / or intense storms pose serious threats to vital transport infrastructure, services and operations.

In 2010, during northern springtime, an unusually early and intense storm appeared in Saturn's cloud tops.

An 11 - year - old Hudson Valley girl was killed by a falling tree as a line of intense storms rolled through the area.

He believes that a shift in the «Bermuda High,» a zone of strong atmospheric pressure in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, may propel the great majority of intense storms toward either the Gulf coast or the Atlantic coast, but not both, for centuries at a time.

Hurricane Sandy was, barometrically speaking, an extremely intense storm, though the 1938 Great New England Hurricane was likely more powerful.

Intense storms provide the first test of powerful new hurricane forecast tools.

Far - flung coastal communities accustomed to the Pacific Ocean's mighty onslaughts were flattened by Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most intense storms currently on record, with sustained winds ripping through their streets at around 320 kilometers per hour and gusts reaching 370 kph.

«Those results are quite surprising,» Lin said, given that no storm has ever been observed in the Persian Gulf «and we got very intense storms there.»

For instance, solar panels and battery storage systems are replacing the island's outdated grid, as they're more likely to withstand intense storm surges.

Haiyan fed off that, and there have been a greater number of intense storms recently as well.

But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans.

This temperature gradient would generate more intense storms around the tropics and accelerate melting at the poles by so much that the melt could double in just a decade, the study found, making «multi-meter sea level rise practically unavoidable and likely to occur this century.»