Sentences with phrase «of flooding rains»

You'll note, for example, a heavy focus on developed countries, with one study of East African drought and one more of flooding rains in China (neither of which found a strong global warming signal) being the exceptions.

But changing frequency of flooding rains is only half of the vulnerability equation.

Not exact matches

The worst of Hurricane Harvey was over by Thursday, August 31, but recovery from the rain and flooding in Texas and Louisiana is expected to take months.

Palestinian rescuers members evacuate a man from a flooded home using a fishing boat during a heavy rain storm in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 (AP Photo / Khalil Hamra) In the time since the operation, the army and government have put into practice some, but not all, of the recommendations made by Shapira in his reports.

The storm passed just to the north of the island of Hispaniola, shared by Dominican Republic and Haiti, causing some damage to roofs, flooding and power outages as it approached the impoverished Haitian side, which is particularly vulnerable to hurricanes and rain, although it did not make landfall.

But while Australian demand for the fruit has been fueled by its store of healthy fats, supply has been strangled by heavy rain and bushfires, and because growers in western Australia, anticipating a fall in demand after Christmas, exhausted their stocks to flood the market in the lead - up to the holiday season.

Hardness can also vary over seasons, as the dissolved minerals can be diluted by a flood of spring rain or amplified by road salts and melting snow.

But existing models of water flows don't provide the full range of possible outcomes: «A 50 - year rain can produce a 100 - year flood if it falls on a watershed that's already soaked or on snowpack or if it coincides with a storm surge.»

As much as 40 inches of rain could cause severe flooding and mudslides.

Imagine if Alberta flood victims had received up - to - the - minute flood warnings on their phone hours before the first drop of rain fell?

When Hurricane Harvey blew into Texas last weekend, it dumped more than 30 inches of rain, flooding Houston and large areas of southeastern Texas, while leaving thousands homeless or without power.

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- It could take months for Haitian farmers to recover as heavy rains brought by Hurricane Irma have flooded parts of the impoverished Caribbean nation, humanitarians said, calling for better disaster preparedness.

But don't focus so much on the category number, which is determined solely by wind speed: It's the combination of wind, storm surge, rain, flooding, and even the possibility of tornadoes that are the biggest concern for much of the Florida peninsula.

That amount of extreme rain turns tiny streams into gushing floods.

When Hurricane Irma was advancing toward Florida in early September, weather officials were looking at a very scary scenario: an extremely powerful Category 4 or 5 storm hitting with 150 mph winds, flooding rains, and up to 15 feet of storm surge for coastal cities like Miami and Tampa.

«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.

Another 15 to 25 inches of rain is possible by Friday, so the worst of the flooding is not over.

Images of the flooded metropolises of Houston, Jacksonville, and San Juan with overtopped dams, billowing sewage, and flooded homes show that torrential rain can be one of the most devastating consequences of hurricanes, especially in urban areas where concrete makes it harder for water to drain and where people can drown.

First off, yes: There's consensus that the science of climate change predicts that in a warming world, hurricanes will become more intense, carry more rain, and cause worse coastal flooding linked in part to sea level rise.

Last week, when I heard my colleagues talking about Hurricane Harvey, I did not think much of it beyond the typical flood warnings that come with any bout of heavy rain in Houston.

And they dreaded the destruction that was yet to come from a storm that could linger for days and unload more than 40 inches (100 centimeters) of rain on cities, including dangerously flood - prone Houston, the nation's fourth - largest.

At least 70 deaths have been reported along with many injuries and tens of thousands driven from their homes as more than 50 inches of rain caused catastrophic flooding, particularly in the Houston area.

Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock, and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

7:26,27; «But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell.

Noah appeared foolish as did Gods story of a flood in the days and place where there was no rain.

It has been raining for five days straight here in East Tennessee, resulting in terrible flooding and a very disappointing 4th of July.

He said: «The roof leaks, so my office under one of the corners gets flooded whenever it rains very hard and some of the stone work is coming off the outside of the building, so just things that need fixing.»

In order to flood the earth in 40 days, it would require that it rain over the entire earth at a rate of 5 inches per MINUTE.

Tearfund said a third of all food produced globally is not eaten and waste on this scale is «fueling climate change, causing more droughts, floods and less reliable rain, making life harder for the people in poverty across the world that Tearfund works with».

Frequent irresponsibilities are compared to tiny rain drops: if you get enough of them, they can cause a flood.

We used to do motions for the rain falling down and the floods coming up, but nothing was as satisfying as dramatically clapping our hands together at the end of the song to simulate the total destruction of the foolish man's house.

If I've learned anything over the past few years it's been that when the rains come down and the floods come up, when doubt and frustration whip like wind against my faith, all the apologetics in the world can't ground me like the simple, yet profoundly challenging teachings of Jesus Christ.

In Matthew one house is founded directly on rock and the other on sand; and the test to which they are subjected consists of rain, floods, and wind.

Also, after flood rain could be a source of fresh water.

However, Lakewood members came to the church's defence by sharing photos of how the church had also been flooded due to treacherous rain.

Because of heavy rains, some areas of southeastern Missouri are under significant threat of flooding.

«We are praying for you and we are praying for our city, and for all of those affected by the devastating flooding and rains caused by Hurricane Harvey.

Your second option is to throw out all that evidence, say it rained for a really long time to create the big flood and have no earthly way of explaining how it could happen and then your only real issue is the explanation of how noah was able to fit every piece of flora and fauna onto his ark, his family and enough food to survive for 40 days at sea.

«On the other hand, creationists interpret the majority of the fossiliferous sedimentary rocks of the Earth's crust as testimony to Noah's flood... Creationists do this because they regard the Genesis record as implying that there was no rain before Noah's flood, therefore no major erosion, and hence no significant sedimentation or fossilisation.»

Keep drilling oil and flooding the atmosphere with CO2 and lack of rain will not be the only «biblical» events in Texas or elsewhere.

In Baton Rouge and its surrounding parts, the Area Chamber estimates that over 100,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed by the flooding caused by the mid-August storm that dropped over two feet of rain in a day's time.

27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.»

Port au Prince typically doesn't get hit directly by the hurricanes, but often gets a lot of the rain from them, so having improved sanitary conditions in camps that could be prone to flooding could be really helpful, digging ditches in the camps, these are all cash - for - work programs that could help with some of the rain that could come in the coming months.

ya i know christians ruin everything they ruin people from spending eternity in hell fire.but hey you wan na go there go do nt let the christians stop you.like i said its gona be like noah and the flood everybody laughed and mocked him and than the rains came nobody was laughing than werae they just like the end of the age when the christians who spoil everything are gone and the people are left to meet their fate nobody will be laughing than

We've had lots of rain and flooding here, so it hasn't been all rainbows and kittens, but overall it's been an excellent summer break so far.

There were tornado warnings, my mom's town got 3 inches of rain in one hour — even the Eisenhower expressway was closed because of flooding.

Russian River Rising, More Rain on the Way: A driver in a Hummer became trapped in flood waters on a rural road west of Santa Rosa early Monday afternoon, generating a large emergency response including the Sonoma County sheriff's helicopter, a swift - water rescue team and a boat of firefighters...

Soil conservation methods such as contour planting or no - till farming reduce erosion, keeping the soil in place during heavy rains or floods — a major concern in certain parts of the world such as India.

due to the severe rain, flooding and canceled school for 2 1/2 days here in Louisiana, I wasn't able to get much of any work done!

After a week of torrential flooding rains in Colorado it was just the dish for yet another gray and gloomy day.