Sentences with phrase «of major storms in»

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

Don't you think someting is fishy here, when there is a global pause in rising termperatures as noted by the lack of major storms in past 10 years and NOAA publish a paper claiming the opposite?

Not exact matches

Hurricane Harvey, the first major storm of its kind to make landfall in the U.S. in over a decade, has caused mass devastation along the southern border of the nation.

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.

For example, during the last major geomagnetic storm experienced by Earth in 1989, the entire Canadian province of Quebec went dark when a critical Canadian hydroelectric plant went down.

Nevertheless, the picturesque and historic city in the south of England stormed the vote and knocked all of the UK's major cities into the shadows.

Although it is bearish that SPY now has a plethora of overhead supply and technical resistance levels to contend with, one potential ray of sunshine in the storm clouds is that SPY is coming into major support of a year - long uptrend line.

This might be a little late for Florida residents, but for people in the Carolinas and other places — and for future storms — here's some good advice: At the first sign of a possible major storm make sure your gas tank is full (it's always a good idea regardless of circumstances) and keep extra cases of bottled water and other emergency supplies in your house.

But with another major storm on the way, more people will soon be in need of help.

In Corpus Christi, the major city closest to the storm's center, wind whipped palm trees and stinging sheets of horizontal rain slapped against hotels and office buildings along the seawall as the storm made landfall.

The story is told of a butterfly flapping its wings and the wind from this seemingly unrelated action eventually ends in a major wind storm or hurricane on another continent thousands of miles away.

Together, they had nearly 170 years of service, including recent missions evacuating U.S. citizens left stranded in the Caribbean by major storms and ferrying food, water and generators to their own people after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico last year.

The array «will be used partially to «time shift» the delivery of wind power from Hornsdale, but most of it is dedicated to helping stabilize the grid and keeping the lights on in case of a major disruption like last year's storm that led to the «system black,»» RenewEconomy explains.

The call for prayer comes as the second major category five storm to hit the Caribbean this month - Hurricane Maria - has battered the island of Dominica and is likely to hit Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands in the next day or so.

Just in time for that memorable week - end where, you might remember, I was stuck without power for a little over 45 hours after a major storm hit the entire province of Québec.

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

In defense of the fans, there was a major snow storm in Michigan today, so it is probably tough to get to Ford FielIn defense of the fans, there was a major snow storm in Michigan today, so it is probably tough to get to Ford Fielin Michigan today, so it is probably tough to get to Ford Field.

In defense of the fans, there was a major snow storm...

The impact of this massive announcement took the league by storm and caused major moves in the NBA Futures market.

The concrete blocks in Burnham Park serve another purpose: They can be transported readily to other areas if a major storm causes sections of the shoreline to crumble, said Thomas Elzey, assistant general superintendent of the Chicago Park District.

Veterinarian co-hosts Dr. Roger Welton and Dr. Karen Louis discuss the statistical increases in the incidence of certain infectious and parasitic diseases in dogs and cats during prolonged periods of standing water following major storms.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is again calling for an investigation and potential penalties for utilities following a major storm, criticizing delays in power being restored in the aftermath of last Friday's nor» easter.

Cuomo established the commission on Nov. 13 to investigate the response, preparation and management of the utility companies during Sandy, as well as the other major storms that have hit the state in the past two years — Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.

Cuomo, who has had to cope with the aftermath of two major storms in his two years in office — Irene in 2011, and now Sandy — says the state could be better prepared for climate change that the governor believes could be the new normal.

A legislative hearing is planned for next week on Eversource's strongly criticized response to a major storm in late October that left tens of thousands of Connecticut residents and businesses without power for days.

But in an email Tuesday, Mr. Russell noted several highlights of his most recent term, including purchases of farmland development rights and environmentally fragile parcels, maintaining a strong credit rating and guiding the town through several major storm events.

Cuomo also spoke at a major conference of Hispanic lawmakers in Albany, where he recounted his work to help storm - damaged Puerto Rico and railed against President Trump's policies on immigrants.

BAE System's Main Street facility sustained major flood damage in the aftermath of the historic flooding caused by Tropical Storm Lee.

On topic questions included whether canceling the project would result in Manhattan not bearing it's «fair share» of the burdens of waste removal, whether the plan is «too far in motion» to realistically cancel or pull back, his reaction to learning that Mario Cuomo opposes the project and what effects a major storm might have on the site.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state is preparing for the third major storm to hit New York this month, with forecasts calling for the latest nor'easter to drop up to a foot of snow in the Adirondacks and Long Island's East End.

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.

Just in time for the first major Lake Effect snow storm of the season - the Buffalo Police Department has rolled out new all - wheel drive cars.

Meanwhile, following the violent clash in Zaria, Kaduna State, between the Nigerian Army and members of the Shiite sect, which led to the death of scores of the sect's members, there is palpable tension in parts of Kaduna as Shiite members have stormed major streets in protest.

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.

2014 has been a significant year of accomplishments for Mark, including working with the Legislature to pass a balanced budget with a small tax cut, opening the Erie County Health Mall, signing an executive order requiring that all contractors with Erie County comply with equal pay laws for women, restructuring the Department of Social Services while hiring more CPS caseworkers, and managing the emergency response to four major weather - related events: two blizzards, flooding in West Seneca and Winter Storm Knife.

But when the sun ejects major blasts of particles in flares and solar storms, these belts overflow and send electrons streaming toward Earth along the looping lines of the magnetic field, which intersect the planet near the north and south poles.

Fertilisers and manures washed off in storms are a major source of nutrients, with more than 60 per cent of the nitrogen and 25 per cent of the phosphorus in our rivers coming from agriculture.

This storm was followed by a succession of others that silted up the harbour and squeezed the economic life out of the town, leading to its eventual demise as a major international port in the 15th Century.

Widening of the tropics would also probably be associated with poleward movement of major extratropical climate zones due to changes in the position of jet streams, storm tracks, mean position of high and low pressure systems, and associated precipitation regimes.

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.

Even as major media figures such as New York Times columnist and megaselling «flat - world» guru Thomas Friedman were trumpeting Gathering Storm's conclusions, experts in labor - power economics and research administration were voicing less publicized doubts about any purported dearth of well - trained U.S. science graduates.

Dr. Alan S. Cross, Professor of Medicine at University of Maryland School of Medicine, who was not involved in the research, shared his input: «This is a major conceptual breakthrough in our understanding of infection and immune disease mechanisms and may have implications for novel approaches to the treatment of other diseases characterized by cytokine storm.

An average season in the eastern Pacific has 15.3 named storms, including 8.5 hurricanes, of which an average of 3.8 are major hurricanes, according to NOAA.

«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.

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.

A major shift in atmospheric dynamics occurred during the mid-Holocene, when winter storm tracks switched and produced wetter and colder conditions in northwestern Europe, and the expansion of a Mediterranean - type climate toward southeastern Europe.

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.

The large amounts of additional data, researchers say, has helped refine previous work, fill holes in the data coverage, and also to rule out other possible causes of some sediment deposits, such as major storms, random landslides or small local earthquakes.

In 1983, when a major storm hit, that part of the city was underwater.

Each December, six months before the start of hurricane season, the now 75 - year - old Gray and his team issue a long - range prediction of the number of major tropical storms that will arise in the Atlantic Ocean basin, as well as the number of hurricanes (with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or more) and intense hurricanes (with winds of at least 111 mph).