Sentences with phrase «levels along the shoreline»

Along with Niagara County, Orleans and Monroe counties are also severely affected by the rising water levels along the shoreline, caused by an increased amount of rainfall this season along with the controversial Plan 2014, an international agreement between the United States and Canada to regulate the water levels in Lake Ontario.

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In this study, the effects of sea level rise (assumed to continue at present, at the time of the study, rates, which the authors noted was likely conservative), wave fetch, wind speed and direction were examined and the resultant erosion rate was estimated for the Western and Eastern shore of Uppands, Port Isobel and Tangier Island by selecting 10 points along the western and eastern shoreline of all the islands.

Cuomo is calling on the U.S. - Canadian panel that controls water output for Lake Ontario to maintain or increase its current outflow level to decrease the chance of flooding along the lake's shoreline.

However, is widely believed that the International Joint Commission's «Plan 2014» contributed to the record levels on Lake Ontario, which have caused significant erosion along the shoreline.

Lake levels have dropped in the last month as outflows increase, which is providing some relief to businesses and property owners along the shoreline.

A perfect storm of high lake levels, ice formation and unprecedented spring rains flooded shoreline communities along Lake Ontario earlier this year, and that would have occurred with or without the new lake - level regulating Plan 2014, International Joint Commission officials said at an environmental conference in Buffalo.

Record - high water levels on Lake Ontario and the Seaway have contributed to damage along the shoreline in recent weeks.

Barker, N.Y. (WBEN)- Anxiety is rising with the water level along Lake Ontario as residents and emergency officials watch with concern unusually high water levels along the Lake Ontario shoreline.

«We're asking that our federal representatives take action, to immediately lower the water levels and to also provide the necessary resources so that our infrastructure, our businesses and our property owners, including our homeowners are protected along the shorelines of Lake Ontario,» she said.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — After touring the damage throughout a Monroe County community along the Lake Ontario shoreline earlier this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered a scathing criticism of the International Joint Commission that regulates the lake's levels.

OLCOTT, N.Y. (WBEN)- New York State set up «mobile command centers» in areas along the Lake Ontario shoreline as a result of the rising flood levels which already affected several residents and communities.

As sea levels rise along U.S. coasts, it may soon get easier for people and local governments to obtain federal permits to build what are known as «living shorelines,» natural or nature - based structures designed to protect communities and infrastructure from extreme storms and flooding even as they protect habitat.

The independent, scientific report recommends that is it is prudent to plan for sea level to be 2.1 feet higher in 2050 along Maryland's shorelines than it was in 2000 in order to accommodate the high end of the range of the panel's projections.

It's pet - friendly, and it's a wonderful starting point for walkers; stroll along the neighborhood's level streets, head over to the Fiscalini Ranch hiking trails a few blocks away, or set off down the hill to the shoreline and enjoy fabulous ocean views along the way (but remember, what goes down must come back up!).

Coastal erosion occurs due to a combination of factors, including sea level rise, loss of sand supply (from the damming of rivers, shoreline structures that interrupt along - shore sand transport, dredging projects, and the paving of watersheds), and geologic changes in the land.

Forty bipartisan local elected officials delivered a powerful message at a recent summit: Coastal flooding is becoming more costly and dangerous for people, businesses and cities along America's shorelines — and policy makers at all levels of government, as well as presidential candidates, need to pay attention.