Sentences with phrase «less damaging storm»

Rationale: Home Depot and Lowe's saw increased demand last year after Hurricane Irene, a relatively less damaging storm than Hurricane Sandy.

Not exact matches

With Irma's last - minute course change, many insurers breathed a sigh of relief as the storm caused less damage than expected, but the industry as a whole is facing growing anxiety about future tallies.

The mayor compared holding the marathon Sunday — less than a week after the storm hit causing widespread damage — to then - Mayor Rudy Giuliani's decision to hold the event after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Thursday's trip was the president's third visit in less than three weeks to survey storm damage and recovery efforts in the United States, following Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

When an extreme event collides with continually rising seas, it takes a less intense storm, such as a Category I hurricane, to inflict as much coastal damage as a Category II or III storm would have had when the seas were lower.

Looking forward, Kemp sees the possibility of storms less powerful than Sandy inflicting serious damage.

Less rain, more storm damage Ireland has assiduously collected rainfall data, with amounts for the past 12 years showing huge year - to - year variations.

A bleached coral has less nutrients to grow because it's primary food source - the algae - is missing, and, therefore the coral is more susceptible to disease and storm damage.

The timing of this storm in early spring means that the angle of the sun in the sky makes snow less likely to accumulate on roadways, Oraveck said, but the buds and blossoms on trees could grab more of the heavy, wet snow, possibly leading to more damage to them.

In addition to that, a number of other tweaks have been made to the mode in general, including a reduction of the bus height, a bigger storm circle, less storm damage, and more, but the main changes have been done to Thanos.

If homeowners affected by Hurricane Irene or its less powerful incarnation, Tropical Storm Irene, experienced wind and flood damage, they could be in for a rude awakening when they file insurance... more

Hurricane Irma veered slightly right, giving Tampa area officials less to worry about in terms of storm surge from the Gulf of Mexico, but causing slightly more storm damage inland in places like Polk County.

In addition to that, a number of other tweaks have been made to the mode in general, including a reduction of the bus height, a bigger storm circle, less storm damage, and more, but the main changes have been done to Thanos.

While many studies of the effects of global warming on hurricanes predict an increase in various metrics of Atlantic basin - wide activity, it is less clear that this signal will emerge from background noise in measures of hurricane damage, which depend largely on rare, high - intensity landfalling events and are thus highly volatile compared to basin - wide storm metrics.

Had New York and New Jersey focused resources on building sea walls and adding storm doors to the subway system and making simple fixes like porous pavements, Hurricane Sandy would have caused much less damage.

Thanks to damage from recent north Atlantic superstorms, a major New Jersey utility plans to spend $ 4 billion over the next ten years to make its grid less susceptible to storm damage.

He says average rainfall for Australia will decrease, but the extreme weather events will be on the rise, so while you might get less rain over the year it will come in the form of damaging storms and stronger winds which feel like so - called freak events.

A few years ago, when I was first launched into becoming the amateur investigator of what's up with whatsupwiththat, and the flood of really well crafted (certainly not done by ignorant people) anonymous emails conveying little known proof of Obama's secret Islamitude, and other lies that would damage Rush Limbaugh's reputation if he were to personally deliver them... Ah Say, Ah Say (Foghorn Leghorn accent) when I was first launched into all that, from reading prodigious comment - storms in many places, including judithcurry.com, but also invading more liberal venues, I concluded what we have here is less a movement for anything, than a massively stroked and stoked «Great Liberal Hating and Baiting Cult», with a very big self - organizing component, but definitely nourished in all sorts of ways by the folks you can read about in Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Meyer (best book yet of its class and I've read many).

More immediately, we'll see storm surges do far more damage as it takes less rise in the water levels to inundate cities.

Damage in Europe and South America will be less than $ 1 billion due to the low frequency of storms hitting these areas.

There is also more damage from storms closer to the coast, so overall, you should be able to cover your home for less in Amherst than you would closer to Boston.

Even if they have weakened into less intensive storms by the time they hit Brookline, these weather events can damage roofs, siding, fences, sheds and other personal property.

A vehicle parked inside a closed garage is less vulnerable to theft and storm damage.

But like homeowners insurance, your policy may include higher deductibles for damage from «named» storms, particularly if you live less than a mile inland.

About 625 properties had minor damage from the storm, and the estimated total cost of repair for Harvey - damaged homes was expected to be less than $ 10 million.

Leaving long - term damage in their wake, storms such as «Super Storm» Sandy in 2012 have rendered some coastal areas more dangerous and less desirable, lowering property values and reigniting intense debate about restoration, new building and investment in the regions.