Sentences with phrase «of a major storm»

The economic impact of major storms can be severe.

Cooking seems a bit trivial in the face of this major storm event.

But this changed in the 13th century when a combination of major storms led to its main river changing course.

If you can stay ahead of a major storm, you can get your contingency plans in place before everyone else has the same idea.

The insurance industry also sees vast potential for drone use in the aftermath of major storms and other natural disasters.

Somebody asked me a question recently about whether I'm worried about New Orleans or the New Jersey Shore in the event of another major storm.

There continues to be much conversation surrounding the relative lack of major storms in California so far this autumn.

And de Blasio says Cuomo gave him only 15 minutes notice that he was shutting the subways because of a major storm in January.

«As the variability and intensity of storms increase in the world, we need to reevaluate what the frequency of these major storms could be,» Feinberg said.

They continue to predict one of the hurricanes will be major, but now call for only a 12 percent chance of a major storm striking the U.S. East Coast — down from 15 percent in their earlier outlook.

I was also happy to hear that Hurricane Dean, one of the major storms threatening the Yucatan island this summer, didn't do much harm to his people and to the habanero plantations.

Yosemite National Park officials are canceling camping reservations this weekend because of a major storm expected to hit Northern California.

A computer model developed, in part, by University of Florida researchers can help coastal managers better understand the long - term effects of major storms, sea - level rise and beach restoration activities and possibly save millions of dollars.

Caitlin O'Connell - Rodwell, who studies elephants at Etosha National Park in Namibia, sees evidence that elephants can sense the approach of major storms, but she is not convinced by the tsunami story.

They are a common measure of solar activity — the higher the number of sunspots, the higher the probability of a major storm that could wreak havoc on Earth (see Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe).

The number of major storms in the Atlantic also went way down from the middle 1960s to the middle»90s, when greenhouse gases were going up.

The Chicago Sanitary District has added more storage using quarry basins and tunnels under the Chicago area to reduce the prospect of a major storm bringing untreated sewage, viruses, microbes, nutrients, and heavy metals into the Mississippi River System.

«What we're going to do is examine the structure and composition, the energy inputs into the upper atmosphere, the solar wind, the solar ultraviolet - light, and solar energetic particles that come out of major storms on the sun, and see how the atmosphere responds,» Jakosky said.

Storm warning prompts school closures EdSource Today: More than half a dozen school districts across California will close Thursday in anticipation of a major storm that is damaging the state's collective calm.

How do explain during these last 10 years the lack of major storms if the warming is as plotted.

The lack of major storms from the western / northern sector resulted in a shorefast ice cover that is potentially unstable due to the lack of grounded pressure ridges.

Scientists also are finding evidence from these «proxy» studies for a link between hurricanes and wildfires in the years following the landfall of a major storm.

Also, the Atlantic Ocean has had much cooler temperatures, which decreases the chances of major storm activity.

Further, you dismiss the Harper results (who found random error in the Southeastern Indian Ocean assessment of major storms and no change in the trends found in WHCC) by saying that that the Australian Bureau of Meteorology had no access to satellite data until 1980.

Extreme weather: One of the leading questions about climate change is how it could affect the frequency and severity of major storms and other types of severe weather.

If these are the dark, heavy clouds of a major storm overhead, then the downpour is already hitting the ground.

As a high risk hurricane zone, Lake Charles has a long history of major storms that caused significant damage to local homes.

The same is true of major storms, since every geographic area in the U.S. experiences tornadoes, windstorms or hurricanes.

In the wake of a major storm, residents of a city or region often begin moving to houses at higher altitudes.

The Corps pretty much described what would happen in the event of a major storm every year when they put out their request to Congress for funding.

Climate change may cause significant shifts in current weather patterns and increase the severity and possibly the frequency of major storms (NRC 2002).

«In the event of a major storm, plants may reduce operations, shutdown a facility, evacuate personnel, and physically secure equipment.

NEMO Belize — This site is filled with up to date weather information, image gallery press releases and useful information about where the shelters are and how to care for yourself and your pets in the event of a major storm.

One design called for neutrally buoyant hulls to allow for submerging the ship in the event of any major storm to levels below the wave action zone.

Janice Johnson, 77, retired city employee of Hampton, Virginia, who now lives in Newport News, Virginia — Janice, a native of the Hampton Roads region, lives in daily fear that increased flooding and extreme weather events will leave her and other vulnerable seniors stranded in the event of a major storm.

AD was found covered by a thick layer of storm surge sand and shell debris which seems to be associated with one of the major storm event that hit the German North Sea coast in modern times, e.g. the 2nd Grote Mandrenke (or Burchardi flood) in 1634 AD or the Christmas flood in 1717 AD.

Quotes for renters insurance are easy to find, and a renters insurance policy can save you tens of thousands of dollars in the event of a major storm, fire, burglary or lawsuit.