Sentences with phrase «of deadly floods»

Scientists have shown how earthquakes and storms in the Himalaya can increase the impact of deadly floods in one of Earth's most densely populated areas.

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Some areas of Puerto Rico saw around 9 feet of storm surge, the coastal flooding that is often the most deadly component of a hurricane.

Drug dealers are using bitcoin to finance the deadly wave of fentanyl flooding into the country from overseas.

if floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, cancers and all manner of painful and deadly diseases doesn't convince you that there is no «heavenly father» looking out for us, i guess nothing will.

Ten deadliest natural disasters of the past century 1931 China floods 1976 Tangshan earthquake 1970 Bhola cyclone 1920 Haiyuan earthquake 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami 2010 Haiti earthquake 1923 Great Kanto earthquake 2008 Cyclone Nargis 1991 Bangladesh cyclone 1948 Ashgabat earthquake Blizzards 1972 Iran blizzard 2008 Afghanistan blizzard Great Blizzard of 1888 1993 North American Storm Complex Schoolhouse Blizzard Hakko - da Mountains incident Armistice Day Blizzard 2008 Chinese winter storms 1995 Kazakh Blizzard Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 Communicable diseases Black Death Spanish Flu Plague of Justinian Third Pandemic of Bubonic Plague Antonine Plague Asian Flu Other deadly communicable diseases.

Texas officials warned of «catastrophic» and potentially historic flooding in Houston, the nation's fourth - largest city, as Harvey continued to pummel the state, dropping more than two feet of rain and causing dire, and deadly, flash floods.

Peru «s geographic extremes help fuel the often deadly force of the mudslides known locally as huaycos, the indigenous Quechua word for flash flood - landslide.

Locked in a deadly embrace, two white dwarf stars may be the strongest source of gravitational waves now flooding our galaxy.

During 2011's deadly onslaught of earthquakes, floods and tornadoes, countless buildings had to be evacuated while workers checked to make sure they were stable.

The northeastern Australian state of Queensland remains burdened by deadly floods that have affected hundreds of thousands of residents in the past several days.

But its floods, which led to some of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, have also earned it the name «China's sorrow.»

Now, new research from Washington University in St. Louis links the river's increasingly deadly floods to a widespread pattern of human - caused environmental degradation and related flood - mitigation efforts that began changing the river's natural flow nearly 3,000 years ago.

Forecasters said as much as a metre of rain could fall on some isolated areas of Haiti, raising fears of deadly mudslides and floods in the heavily deforested country where many families live in flimsy houses with corrugated metal roofs.

President William J. Clinton (archival): If we fail to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, deadly heat waves and droughts will become more frequent, coastal areas will flood and economies will be disrupted.

The groundbreaking and far - reaching educational recommendations for climate change and health curricula aim to expand the numbers of health professionals equipped to recognize and respond to the health challenges of a warming climate, including deadly heat waves, flooding, air pollution, and wildfires; greater spread of disease vectors like ticks and mosquitos; and growing food and drinking water insecurity.

Snyder was rightly criticized for Superman's lack of regard for saving human lives in the first film, so in this film he tries to rectify that with a montage early on showing Superman saving people from burning buildings, exploding rockets, deadly floods.».».

Flash floods with fast - moving water that can reach 15 feet or higher can be destructive and deadly, but a few inches of flooding can still result in thousands of dollars in damages to homes and personal property.

Though flash floods — fast - moving water 15 feet or higher — are thought to be the most destructive and deadly, a few inches of water can also be devastating.

American Humane was first to serve our best friends in their worst times, saving, sheltering and aiding thousands of frightened, hurt and hungry animals left homeless by the West Virginia floods, the Tennessee wildfires, and the historic deluge in Louisiana — the deadliest natural disaster since Superstorm Sandy.

Those who downplayed other recent deadly floods couldn't say much last August after every single one of the county's 22 bayous overflowed their banks and inundated hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses.

Those who downplayed other recent deadly floods couldn't say much last August after every single one of the county's 22 bayous overflowed their...

Blast and dig through rock and ice, unleashing floods of water, lava, gas, magnetic oil and even deadly stomach acid, all powered by an advanced fluid mechanics simulation.

Brazil started the year with the deadliest natural disaster in its history: In January, a month's worth of rain fell in a single day in Rio de Janeiro state, leading to floods and landslides that killed at least 900 people.

Updated, 4:03 p.m. As news spread of the devastating and deadly flooding west of Austin, Tex., last weekend (followed by so much more), I started exploring what's known about flood risks along the Blanco River and other waterways in Texas's «Flash Flood Alley.»

The report catalogued some of the disasters that have been visited around the planet since 2000: killer heat waves in Europe, wildfires in Australia, and deadly floods in Pakistan.

increasing the risk of deadly heat waves, droughts, flooding, and extinctions.

By 2010 impacts long predicted were turning up, sooner than many had expected — acidification of the oceans, unprecedented deadly heat waves, record - breaking floods and droughts, heat - related changes in the survival of sensitive species.

In an area smaller than Switzerland, it has 983 glaciers and 2,794 glacial lakes, some of which have burst to produce deadly glacial lake floods.

Many experts consider 2 °C of warming to be unacceptably high, increasing the risk of deadly heat waves, droughts, flooding, and extinctions.

For Munich Re, which puts billions of dollars on the line by backing up insurance companies, there's little doubt that the damages from severe thunderstorm outbreaks are linked with global warming, although this year's outbreak in the U.S. may have also been related to the emergence of a pool of extremely warm water off the coast of South America, which also caused deadly flooding in Chile, Peru, and Colombia.

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Floods are the second deadliest of all weather - related hazards in the United States.57, 58 Elevated waterborne disease outbreaks have been reported in the weeks following heavy rainfall, 59 although other variables may affect these associations.60 Populations living in damp indoor environments experience increased prevalence of asthma and other upper respiratory tract symptoms.61

President William J. Clinton (archival): If we fail to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, deadly heat waves and droughts will become more frequent, coastal areas will flood and economies will be disrupted.

The combination of flash floods, lahars, and ash would prove deadly for the people of Iceland; the eruption would destroy and poison large areas of agriculture within Iceland.

Heat waves are the most deadly of any weather related events — more than hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and tornadoes combined.

Masters on Brazilian floods: Brazil's deadliest natural disaster in history The role of near - record sea surface temperatures January 16, 2011 http://climateprogress.org/2011/01/16/brazilian-floods-brazil-deadliest-natural-disaster-in-history/

[1] In January, heavy rains drenched a huge portion of Indonesia causing massive floods, deadly landslides and more than 40,000 displaced individuals.

So how do we explain that in the span of just five months, the United States logged no fewer than four deadly 1,000 - year floods in states as widespread as Texas, West Virginia, Maryland and Louisiana — following a 1,000 - year - flood that ravaged South Carolina last October.

Forests help take climate changing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, reducing global warming - a human induced process linked to wild weather patterns including this year's deadly flooding in Pakistan and crop destroying wild fires in Russia.

A streak of freak floods in the US, a deadly heat - wave across Central Russia, record drought in the Amazon, deadly floods in Colombia and Venezuela, record highs all over the globe, and a catastrophic flood in Pakistan that affected 20 million people: this is the year when the impacts of climate change no longer appeared hazily in an abstract future, but seemed to be knocking on our collective doorstep.

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Tropical Storm Gamma brought deadly flooding to parts of Central America.

In some countries, elected politicians have been jailed for such actions: In France, the mayor of a coastal resort town was sentenced to four years in jail for hiding deadly flood risks, and, a few years earlier, the mayor of Chamonix was convicted of second - degree murder for failing to evacuate chalets on an avalanche - prone mountainside in time to prevent fatalities.

Flash floods are one of the deadliest natural disasters in the U.S. and Maryland is especially vulnerable to hurricanes moving up the Atlantic coast.

Flash floods with fast - moving water that can reach 15 feet or higher can be destructive and deadly, but a few inches of flooding can still result in thousands of dollars in damages to homes and personal property.