Sentences with phrase «of damage from the storms»

KEY WEST — After Hurricane Irma tore through the Florida Keys, T.J. Reynolds was told he had to leave the house he was renting because of damage from the storm.

Tufts University geologist Andrew Kemp sees the possibility of damage from storms smaller than Sandy in the future.

Not exact matches

When shipping goods from A to B, any number of things can go wrong: cargo gets damaged, a congested port delays docking, a storm throws a vessel off course, pirates raid a ship.

President Donald Trump visited Texas on Tuesday to survey damage from the first major natural disaster to test his leadership in a crisis, as record rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey lashed Houston and tens of thousands of people fled deluged homes.

Harvey is on track to become one of the costliest storms in U.S. history, with an estimates ranging from around $ 75 billion to $ 95 billion in damages, accounting for property damage to cars, homes, commercial buildings and infrastructure.

Last year, a string of strong hurricanes that hit airlines» hubs cost airlines hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue, but clearing runways from a snowstorm is a much faster process than recovering from the floods, power outages, structural damage to airports and other infrastructure damage that 2017's storms caused.

Orlando is another city in Florida that is generally safe from the damaging storms that plague the south of the peninsula.

While you take notice of the boats ripped from their mooring and washing out to sea, note that the surge and storm were even more powerful at its epicenter over Big Pine Key, culminating in a 10 foot surge based upon waterlines we saw firsthand among damaged homes.

Recent data published by CoreLogic show that nearly 233,000 Texas homes are at risk of storm damage from Harvey.

Late turns spared Brevard from the worst of either storm, but there was still damage.

With this sort of exposure in Naples alone, we can expect damage from Irma in Florida alone to be in the tens of billions if the hurricane hits SW Florida as a Category 4 storm as predicted.

Garfield Park Conservatory, still recovering from the damage it sustained during a severe hail storm this summer, needs to find new homes for hundreds of tropical plants, succulents and perennials — plants that would have been overwintered in propagation houses that are still damaged.

Hail from last night's storm damaged the roof of the historic Fern Room at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago.

With Trump taking the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement, New York can expect warmer temperatures, greater flooding and more damage from storms, and a whole host of other issues.

Most of the damage from Sandy and Tropical Storm Irene last year involved trees or branches falling on wires.

Homeowners suffering flood damage from Harvey are more likely to be on the hook for losses than victims of prior storms — a potentially crushing blow to personal finances and neighborhoods along the Gulf Coast.

According to a release from the NIC, the compulsory insurance will cover fire and allied perils like flood, earthquake, the collapse of buildings, storm and as well, legal liabilities of an owner or occupier of premises in respect of loss of or damage to property, bodily injury or death suffered by all users of the premises and third parties.

A new report says Vermont is on target to close the vast majority of Irene - related cases by late summer, two years after flooding from the tropical storm damaged more than 7,000 homes.

A limited state of emergency was declared in the City of Niagara Falls on Saturday as clean - up from Friday night's damaging storms continued.

About 8,800 owners of Sandy - damaged homes in Nassau and Suffolk counties had received partial reimbursements from NY Rising by the end of last year, but nearly 2,000 had received their final checks, says a new report listing the status of homes participating in the relief program created after the October 2012 storm.

Of the $ 5.9 billion from FEMA, $ 2.9 billion has been set aside for the New York City Housing Authority, which will improve more than 250 buildings inside 30 developments damaged by the storm.

Nearly two weeks after the storm swept through the metropolitan region, thousands remain without power and the damage from the storm crippled the transportation infrastructure of the area.

While Cortland County was spared major damage from the most recent round of storms, the heavy run - off

Several roads in the Lower Hudson Valley are closed Wednesday morning because of damage from Tuesday's storm.

The damage from Tropical Storm Irene and the subsequent flooding has affected more than 100,000 acres of farmland in the state.

The counties — Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Orleans, St. Lawrence and Wyoming — together had more than $ 46.6 million in response costs and infrastructure damage verified as a result of the storm that rocked the region from Nov. 18 - 26, dumping just over seven feet of snow in some areas.

The legislation also provides up to $ 10 million to reimburse Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties for damages sustained as a result of the severe storms and flooding in July 2015, and for Monroe County for damages resulting from the severe storm of March 2017.

«I hope the governor is here to assess the damage from the storms and provide a real plan of action to help local families who are still suffering without power,» she said referring to two significant storms that caused chaos on the county in the span of eight] days.

ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND FLOODING With Westchester sandwiched between the Hudson River and the Sound shore coastline, we are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change — from increased flooding to wind damage from major storms.

Electric service has been restored to nearly 95 percent of customers affected by Wednesday's winter storm, as crews from Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. and mutual aid forces continue to repair damage caused by fallen trees and limbs.

The MTA is also facing the daunting task of not only continuing to rebuild and repair after Hurricane Sandy, but also working to mitigate the damage from future storms.

A Puerto Rico dam damaged by heavy rains from Hurricane Maria was in danger of failing, posing a risk to communities downstream, as people across the U.S. territory sought to dig out from the deadly storm.

As the clean - up continues in Tompkins County from flooding and storm damage over a week ago the cost of the damage is being tallied.

The incumbents in the town board race are Peter J. Friedel of West Shokan and Donnie VanBuren of Boiceville, who last ran four years ago as the town was still reeling from major flood damage from tropical storms Irene and Lee, with preparedness and town response the key issues at the time.

For area residents and business which suffered damage from the November Lake Effect snow storm that dumped several feet of snow on parts of Western New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo is seeking a federal disaster declaration.

Late Friday, Governor Cuomo declared a state of emergency in New York as a precaution and to clear the way for local government to tap state resources in the event of major damage from storms next week.

Though towns and villages have largely completed the storm debris cleanup, with help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, many residents are still waiting on flood insurance inspectors kept busy with the devastation to the west, said Town Supervisor Scott Russell in early December, as Southold agreed to continue to allow residents to dispose of flood - damaged household belongings through early 2013.

He also noted that the Adirondack Park Agency has recommended that shoreline property owners replace their existing docks with floating docks to avoid damage incurred from the storms which have occasionally dumped 10 or more inches of water on the lake's watershed.

«There's no doubt that Nassau suffered a disproportionate share of the damage» from the storm, King said.

When the Gargiulo family of Babylon, displaced since superstorm Sandy last year, had their house raised to prevent damage from future storms, it was severely damaged.

During this period, the state repeatedly suffered from a series of unrelenting storms caused by one persistent weather system over the Great Lakes, according the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), causing extensive damage to many rural and distressed communities.

«Sea level is rising and higher sea level increases the damages from coastal storms,» said Richard B. Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, Penn State.

By absorbing the force of strong winds and tides, wetlands protect terrestrial areas adjoining them from storms, floods, and tidal damage.

Rosenblatt notes how Trump's own properties are at risk of major damage from flooding and storm surges.

Rising seas, increased damage from storm surge and more frequent bouts of extreme heat will have «specific, measurable impacts on our nation's current assets and ongoing economic activity,» it says.

Using the publicly available data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and private insurance companies on how much money was spent on storm recovery, the scientists were able to show the volume of tweets about Sandy in New Jersey and New York was associated with how much money people in the area received for damages.

New research predicts that coastal regions may face massive increases in damages from storm surge flooding over the course of the 21st century.

According to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, global average storm surge damages could increase from about $ 10 - $ 40 billion per year today to up to $ 100,000 billion per year by the end of century, if no adaptation action is taken.

This data will help determine damage from the surge and improve models of flooding in the future, which could help provide a better picture of where future storm waters will go and who needs to be evacuated ahead of hurricanes.

The findings suggest that the trees shield the coastline (pdf) by reducing the height and energy of ocean waves and offer hard evidence that deforestation could result in increased coastal damage from storms.