Sentences with phrase «largest flood in the area»

The city has also made news recently for the largest flood in the area's history, which caused property damage to approximately 20 percent of the town.

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The move comes nine months after the Cherokee Nation sued Walmart and two major pharmacies, Walgreens and CVS Health, along with large drug distributors, for allegedly profiting by «flooding» Native American areas in Oklahoma with prescription painkillers.

However, the current infrastructure does not support this goal, since flooding a large area using current MIMO architecture with signals results in a loss of energy (and connectivity), and leads to signal interference with others.

Many areas experience floods and cultures that experience large - scale floods tend to remember them, so it's not surprising that there are many accounts in many cultures describing «great floods.»

However, in 2017, three episodes of severe flash floods have ravaged large agricultural areas of the country, particularly in the northern districts.

In the past, park officials tried to establish man - made ice rinks by flooding large areas of city parks during winter, Park District Supt. Forrest Claypool said.

After this summer's devastating floods left large areas of England underwater, prime minister Gordon Brown announced a rise in annual flood prevention funding from # 600 million to # 800 million.

He also cited worries about flood protection in the low - lying area and noted the city's refusal to consider a large - scale rezoning of the community as proposed by the Chinatown Working Group.

A shorter period covered by snow, more spring rain and faster snow melt can combine to release large amounts of runoff that have the potential to stress urban hydrologic systems and cause flooding in urban areas.»

They also protect coastlines from large waves and flooding, a major issue in areas that are prone to tropical storms or hurricanes.

In future, flood mitigation in Germany should be based on four key pillars: Technical flood protection for larger built - up areas will be required just as much as greater space for rivers by means of dike relocation and integration of the agricultural sectoIn future, flood mitigation in Germany should be based on four key pillars: Technical flood protection for larger built - up areas will be required just as much as greater space for rivers by means of dike relocation and integration of the agricultural sectoin Germany should be based on four key pillars: Technical flood protection for larger built - up areas will be required just as much as greater space for rivers by means of dike relocation and integration of the agricultural sector.

Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in August 2017, flooding one of the largest metro areas in the United States.

Detroit's school facilities are in a state of critical disrepair; necessary repairs can't be afforded, and large areas of the city have no schools, while other neighborhoods are flooded with options.

It is the third largest Muslim - majority nation, and one of the most densely populated countries in the world; about 147 million people live in an area about the size of Iowa, with about a third of the land prone to flooding each year.

The apartment is flooded with natural light from 3 large window areas in the living / dining room, and an additional sliding window area in the bedroom.

Once you step inside the open floor plan with gorgeous wood flooring leading into gourmet kitchen (Luxury Cabinets with soft close door & drawers, Reverse Osmosis Water Purification, large breakfast bar, Stainless Steel Appliances with double ovens) and living area with fire place light floods in from rear screen porch (Easy Breeze Window System with tiled floor) and large windows in formal dining room.

The interior of the main living area is spacious with a neutral color palette and plenty of natural light flooding in through the large French doors that open up to the terrace.

Spacious sitting areas have plush armchairs, electric fireplaces, elegant armoires and dressers in rich walnut wood, smooth wooden flooring, and large windows that flood the room with natural light.

Its floods knocked out electrical power in all areas above 59th Street in Manhattan and in all of the Bronx, the new IND subway line lost power, and 100 large trees in Central Park were destroyed.

Nearly four million Americans, occupying a combined area larger than the state of Maryland, find themselves at risk of severe flooding as sea levels rise in the coming century, new research suggests.

SciDevnet: The large - scale devastation and deaths caused by landslides and floods in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand have highlighted gaps in India's disaster preparedness, as well as a worrying neglect of environmental concerns in hilly areas.

Small changes in sea level trigger flooding of large areas because of the gentle slope described by the continents between 200 m and -200 m.

For example, in the UK, a large number of adaptations have been identified including changes in flood management guidelines (assuming more extremes), hiring of climate change managers, changing nature conservation and disaster plans, climate - proofing buildings, planting different crops and trees, and converting a skiing area to a walking centre in Scotland (West and Gawith, 2005).

The frequency of floods in small river basins is very likely to increase, but that may not be true of larger watersheds because intense rain is usually confined to more limited areas.

The flooded areas of the Gulf are totally a result of rainfall over a large area as the rivers that empty into the Gulf are sourced in an arc from Mount Isa to The Wet Tropics.

Coastal marshes absorb and store large amounts of carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere; they help filter out pollution in coastal waters; provide habitat for wildlife; help protect coastlines from erosion and storm surge; and can store huge amounts of floodwater, reducing the threat of flooding in low - lying coastal areas.

Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in August 2017, flooding one of the largest metro areas in the United States.

The small global mean change, however, is expected to create large problems in sensitive areas of the Earth system — rising sea level leading to increased coastal flooding, more heat waves and drought, and the disappearance of summer Arctic sea ice, to name a few.

The most susceptible populations in these areas were in areas with high levels of poverty, and where large populations had clustered on marginal land such as flood plains or coastal regions in cyclone - prone areas.

In this work, we implemented a relatively simple model applicable to large areas, which can be used to assess the sensitivity of linear changes in different components of the risk formula, to the overall flood risk under selected climatic scenarioIn this work, we implemented a relatively simple model applicable to large areas, which can be used to assess the sensitivity of linear changes in different components of the risk formula, to the overall flood risk under selected climatic scenarioin different components of the risk formula, to the overall flood risk under selected climatic scenarios.

Nearly 4 million Americans, encompassing a total area larger than the state of Maryland, could be underwater by the end of the century, suggest two new studies predicting the risk of flooding due to sea - level rise in the United States.

A separate study, published in Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, found that Brazilian mega-dams flooded far larger areas than projected in the dams» environmental impact assessments, resulting in higher carbon emissions and economic losses.

In the worst - case (large dams flooding forested areas) hydropower's greenhouse gas emissions and effects on biodiversity can be as bad as any fossil fuel.

For contents and building flood insurance protection, you can expect quotes to vary anywhere from $ 130 for smaller homes to $ 460 for larger homes in the Washington, DC area with more contents to cover.

Hazards like fires, flood, windstorm and hail are fairly common in the Austin area, and they can do large amounts of damage to your belongings.

If the flood disaster covers a large area and is severe, FEMA may step in to provide assistance, but this help comes only in the form of low interest loans that you must repay to the government.

The downtown area has undergone a significant gentrification since a tornado and floods leveled large parts of the city in the last years of the 20th century.