Sentences with phrase «of flood prone areas»

The Federal Government has directed residents of flood prone areas to quickly evacuate to safer places to avoid impending danger.

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A national poll by the Insurance Information Institute in 2016 showed only 12 % of people in flood - prone coastal areas had flood insurance, down from 14 % in 2015.

If the federal government required projected climate conditions to be considered when spending on infrastructure in flood - prone areas, construction practices would change, he added, noting the same pressures would drive chemical plants or other industries to have a wider margin of safety.

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello urged the 3.4 million residents of the U.S. territory to seek refuge in one of 460 hurricane shelters in advance of the storm and later ordered police and National Guard troops to begin evacuations of flood - prone areas in the north and east of the island.

«Irma will likely bring periods of heavy rain to much of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia, South Carolina, and western North Carolina early next week, including some mountainous areas which are more prone to flash flooding,» the hurricane center reports.

2016.05.18 Canadian Water Attitudes Study: climate change ranked the top threat to our fresh water But three - quarters of Canadians do not believe they live in an area prone to drought or flood...

«The Northern Rivers District of NSW is one of the most flood - prone areas outside of the tropics, where events like this are likely to occur and reoccur, so the investment in new technologies has already paid off.»

New Delhi, India — Farmers cultivating rice on 12 million hectares of flood - prone areas in India are planting flood - tolerant rice...

The research planned for the new laboratory will concentrate on developing rice varieties that can be successfully grown in flood and salinity prone areas, decreasing risks for farmers involved in rice production in some of the poorest regions of India and Asia.

IRRI supports the dissemination of these varieties to millions of farmers in flood - prone, drought - prone, and saline soil - affected areas through the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia project in Bangladesh (CSISA - BD).

For families living in disaster - prone areas, where the threat of a hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, or wildfire is constant, especially during some times of the year, the realization is that it could happen to them next.

The project will restore more than 5 acres of flood - prone wetlands in the area, build a new branch of New Creek watershed that will move stormwater from the wetlands to the main channel of New Creek, and eventually install catch basins and storm sewers under the streets, DEP officials said.

Rochester, NY — With the possibility of heavy rain and flooding as Tropical Storm Lee bears down on the Northeast, NYSEG encourages customers in flood - prone areas — and even customers who experience persistent basement flooding — to consider how their electricity and natural gas services could be affected by high water.

EIC Associates, the contractor, reported they will begin repaving areas of the Broad Channel American Park parking lot this week that are most prone to flooding.

President John Mahama has ordered the Ministry of Finance to release funds for the immediate construction of a drainage system in flood prone areas in the capital.

The recommendation by Bloomberg, under advice from aides to himself on Cuomo, that thousands of elderly, disabled and mentally ill residents remain in more than 40 nursing homes and adult homes in flood - prone areas of New York City had calamitous consequences.

The director noted that ministry had started the removal of debris from streams and rivers across those areas that were prone to flooding and erosion to prevent any calamity.

«After we received their letter, the amphibious excavator team of the ministry was deployed to the neighbourhood to address the challenges they are facing because the area is prone to flooding.

Waziri further urged residents to clear their drains and relocate from flood - prone areas so as to forestall future occurrence of flood disaster in the state.

The plans to buy out & relocate resident from the flood prone River Street area over to the Plankenhorn road are continuing, the town & village board are working to annex that area into the village limits, the cost of the project is about 22 million dollars.

The maps, which he called «absurd,» appear to be a scheme to fund a floundering flood insurance program that pays out most of its claims to hurricane - prone areas, Maffei said.

Ogun State Government has advised residents along the banks of River Ogun and other flood - prone areas to be prepared to move to safer areas.

Both the Ocean Breeze and Prince's Bay campuses are located in flood - prone areas of the Island and flood waters came within inches of its facilities during Hurricane Sandy.

It could be recalled that the Ogun State Government had urged residents living in areas prone to flooding to relocate in order to guard against loss of lives and property.

Five teams of architects divvied up the city's most flood - prone areas and suggested ecologically friendly ways to protect them.

In a story that presaged the devastating impact of Hurricane Harvey on the Houston area, the reporters took a closer look at two previous storms ─ the Memorial Day Flood of 2015 and the Tax Day Flood of 2016 ─ and described how the loss of undeveloped prairie and wetlands has made areas more prone to flooding.

Timmermann says we should be preparing, clearing rivers of debris in flood - prone areas and storing water in drought - prone areas.

Cities need to add a layer of preparedness, such as land - use restrictions in flood - prone areas, provisions for groundwater pumping and regular dredging in some areas to minimize silt and sand deposits on riverbeds following heavy rainfall.

Florida and areas on the Gulf of Mexico are wracked by hurricanes; New England and the Atlantic seaboard are battered by winter storms; the Midwest is a tornado - prone region; and counties along the Mississippi River are subject to recurrent flooding.

With hundreds of businesses and homes destroyed by flooding for the second time in 2 years, the state government is considering enabling property owners to abandon some flood - prone areas, and is also calling for the construction of new levees and other protective infrastructure.

To avoid costly problems in the future, ICA and other groups recommend a variety of policy improvements, including changing land use regulations in fire - and flood - prone areas, strengthening building codes, and improving weather warning and modelling services.

Rising sea levels will make coastal areas more prone to flooding, regional droughts are likely to increase in frequency and intensity, summer months are likely to have more extreme - heat days, and thunderstorms and other weather events are likely to become more intense in some parts of the world.

It makes land areas flood - prone, causes soil salinisation, results in the deterioration of the quality of water, silting of rivers, streams and reservoirs.

From this they came up with the idea of a «flood prevention pipe», whereby a pipe would circle the world, gathering water from flood prone areas, filtering and distributing water to those countries most in need.

The four month monsoon season in Bangladesh brings with it heavy rainfall - making it impossible for thousands of children in flood - prone areas to attend school.

If you live in a flood prone area, it is sensible to purchase your own supply of sandbags which can be placed against doorways and low level vents in times of flooding to help minimise the amount of water that enters your home.

It is the third largest Muslim - majority nation, and one of the most densely populated countries in the world; about 147 million people live in an area about the size of Iowa, with about a third of the land prone to flooding each year.

The opening of the new campus of the Humane Society of St. Thomas (HSSTT) in 2012 was a major turning point; till then, its only shelter was an uninviting old building with limited facilities for animals in a run - down, flood - prone area.

Petplan pet insurance staff veterinarian Kim Smyth shares important tips about the hazards that those in the area affected by Hurricane Harvey (and flood prone regions) should beware of when it comes to the health of their pets in the weeks to come.

If you live in an area prone to flooding, earthquake or tornados, the ASPCA recommends putting together a pet emergency package, including a first - aid kit, several days» worth of non-expired food pet food and an extra collar and leash.

My analysis is based on a simple model where investments are assumed to be more productive in flood - prone areas, because there are close to coast and rivers, lowering transportation costs, or because of urbanisation, which leads to concentration and development in river flood plains.

The share of capital and population installed in flood - prone area can be increasing with growth, making disaster consequences (when a disaster occurs) grow more rapidly than wealth.

The reason I say that is that Revkin apparently didn't find reason enough to report on the Bush administration's firing of my brother, after I had sent him the documentation that accompanied NOAA's removal of my brother from the National Weather Service for his 2003 press release documenting the effects of early snowmelt and spring flooding on Midwest flood prone areas, unquestionably due to anthropogenic global warming.

The president and Congress should cut federal subsidies that keep the price of insurance in some high - risk zones (flood plains, coastal areas threatened by rising seas, and regions prone to wildfires) artificially — and disastrously — low.

this has always seemed so pitifully obvious: storms don't have to be more powerful or more frequent; there just has to be more stuff built in storm - prone areas to get blown and flooded away, and the cost of the damage necessarily increases accordingly.

If your area isn't prone to one of the following: earthquakes, floods, fire, tornados, hurricanes, deer ticks, mosquitos etc., you probably don't live on earth.

2/8/18 — The US Department of Housing and Urban Development just announced that states receiving federal funding for recovery following last year's three major hurricanes must take into account projected rises in sea level when building in flood - prone areas.

Hanoi, Viet Nam, 26 February 2018 — In his welcome remarks to participants of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) workshop, APN Secretariat Director, Mr. Seiji Tsutsui underscored that «Southeast Asia is a natural disaster - prone region, and it is predicted that disasters such as floods, typhoons, high - tides and landslides will be more extreme because of the increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and increasing population concentration in urban areas.»

It puts them in the path of hurricanes, in areas prone to flooding, drought, and famine, because the idea that people should live within natural limits necessarily means that people will suffer the fluctuations of climate.

The National Flood Insurance Program was supposed to discourage development in flood - prone areas, but new development has spread across flood plains, including thousands of homes in the Houston area that flooded during Hurricane Harvey.