«DEC continues to be focused
on hurricane response and recovery,» said DEC spokeswoman Emily DeSantis in an email.
Not exact matches
Last week, President Donald Trump came under fire after his
responses to a plea for help from the mayor of San Juan were perceived by many as being racist and issuing blame
on the
hurricane victims.
Pruitt's trip to Australia was ultimately scuttled — the EPA said Pruitt needed to handle the agency's
response to
Hurricane Harvey — but not before EPA officials spent $ 45,000 in federal funds
on a planning mission to Australia, according to Reuters.
Sandals Foundation
on Monday began delivering emergency relief to Providenciales in
response to the devastation unleashed by Category five
Hurricane Irma
on the Turks & Caicos Islands last week.
One of the leading organizations responding to the destruction wrought by
Hurricane Harvey, in the immediate phase of emergency
response, All Hands has multiple teams
on the ground assessing devastated regions to identify where assistance is most needed, and clearing trees and debris so families can return to their homes.
In
response to the needs that will arise following this devastating storm, the CDP
Hurricane Harvey Recovery Fund will focus
on medium and long - term rebuilding needs.
Facing louder criticism that his administration's
response to
Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico was not up to par with earlier
hurricanes that struck Texas and Florida, President Trump
on Monday took to Twitter to highlight the island's plight.
Trump touted the
response to
Hurricane Maria as he attended the briefing
on relief efforts, noting that the territory's officials «can be proud» of the relatively low death toll
on the island compared to
Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
President Trump
on Tuesday defended the his administration's
response to
Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico amid criticism that he doesn't appear to taking it as seriously as
hurricanes that hit Texas and Florida.
After President Donald Trump used Twitter
on Saturday to attack the mayor of San Juan for criticizing his administration's handling of the aftermath of
Hurricane Maria, a senior Puerto Rican official defended the federal government's
response to the disaster.
The mayor of Puerto Rico's largest city
on Friday blasted the federal
response to
Hurricane Maria, accusing FEMA of not being prepared for the devastation that the powerful storm would unleash
on the island.
The man responsible for coordinating the federal
response to the damage done by
Hurricane Harvey, William «Brock» Long, has only been
on the job for two months, though he's no stranger to FEMA.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave the Trump administration, from the president
on down, an «A-plus» for its swift
response to
Hurricane Harvey.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 10 UH - 60 Blackhawk Helicopters and 55 Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade have deployed to Florida to assist in the
response to
Hurricane Irma
on Monday, September 11.
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.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized
on Tuesday the
response by federal emergency officials to the post-storm recovery in Puerto Rico, knocking the Federal Emergency Management Agency for failing to prepare for the
hurricane before it hit the island.
«Cuomo has a Nixonian compulsion for coverups,» said Howie Hawkins today in reference to today's NY Times expose
on Governor Cuomo's whitewashing of his role in LIPA's
response to
Hurricane Sandy.
We talk about current conditions
on the island, the
response in New York, and we tell you how you can help assist
hurricane victims.
Gov. Greg Abbott gave the Trump administration, from the president
on down, an «A-plus» for its swift
response to
Hurricane Harvey.
As of Wednesday, half of Puerto Ricans had access to drinking water and 5 percent of the island had electricity, according to statistics published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
on its Web page documenting the federal
response to
Hurricane Maria.
NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to travel to Puerto Rico with emergency
response officials to help out with recovery efforts
on the island ravaged by
Hurricane Maria.
On Tuesday, a New York State Senate panel discussed the state's
response to climate change with scientists, environmental advocates and residents affected by
Hurricane Sandy flooding.
She was due to return to Downing Street after the interview to chair a Cobra committee meeting
on the
hurricane and to co-ordinate the UK
response.
Poughkeepsie... Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro and County Emergency
Response officials are closely monitoring
Hurricane Sandy and urging residents to be prepared for the risk of severe weather
on Monday and Tuesday.
Washington (CNN) The man responsible for coordinating the federal
response to the damage done by
Hurricane Harvey has only been
on the job for two months.
Governor Andrew Cuomo is investing millions of dollars
on improving the state's
response to natural disasters, whether it's a
hurricane sweeping through eastern New York or a lake effect snow storm battering Buffalo.
The station has also played a role in tracking major storms and
hurricanes and «ISS in general has a unique vantage point for observing with both automated equipment and hands -
on equipment including photos taken by the astronauts and we participate in disaster
response networks using all these data available,» said Ochoa.
The researchers note that, historically, the design of Southeast Louisiana's
hurricane flood risk reduction system has hinged
on raising and adding levees in
response to river or
hurricane events that impact the region.
He was also responsible for the Department's efforts
on resilience and emergency
response, in cases ranging from Fukushima to
Hurricane Sandy.
Attribution of
hurricane characteristics to climate change is extremely challenging, and the authors have focussed only
on the precipitation
response, which is perhaps the most well understood, and is particularly important given the nature of the flooding in Texas due to Harvey.
On the free site, which lists 1.8 million U.S. nonprofits and their financial records, you can... in
response to a disaster like
Hurricane Matthew or the mass shooting in Orlando.
The true story of one family, caught between America's two biggest policy disasters: the war
on terror and the
response to
Hurricane Katrina.
Because they are sworn officers of the law and have access to the same
on - going training curriculum as all other law enforcement officers in California, they are able to develop disaster
response skills that have brought them to myriad emergencies across the country, including assisting
response teams during
Hurricane Katrina.
As the magnitude of damage done by
Hurricane Harvey becomes clear, the commentariat class is already weighing in
on President Donald Trump's
response.
Best Friends disaster
response team heading to Texas to help deliver emergency supplies and assess the impact
on animals following
Hurricane Harvey.
The ASPCA disaster
response team remains
on the ground in parts of Texas and Louisiana continuing our rescue and recovery work in the aftermath of
Hurricane Harvey.
She is also
on the National Veterinary
Response Team 2, formed after
Hurricane Katrina.
In
response to
Hurricane Harvey, The Way Home, under leadership by the Coalition for the Homeless, has created a disaster recovery shelter transition housing program to help individuals and families displaced by the storm get into housing and
on the road to recovery.
Scott, meanwhile, has received higher marks from his constituents in recent months following his
responses to
Hurricane Irma and the Parkland shooting despite ties to the NRA and questions
on his personal finances.
On this week's show, Justin and Bree deal with a hodge - podge of interesting MMO news, including ARK's launch, Destiny 2's PC beta, and what some studios are doing to help players in
response to the tragedy of
Hurricane Harvey.
Using traditional Song Dynasty landscape painting techniques, with mineral - based inks and watercolors
on handmade paper, his paintings and scrolls often explore the effects of environmental engineering and the resulting social upheaval, as well as the repercussions of natural disasters: from the U.S. government's ineffectual
response to
Hurricane Katrina to the Three Gorges Dam project
on the Yangtze River.
What I mean to say is, given the fact that these
hurricane images have been shown in different places around the world, which means greater visibility, do you think, based
on what you have heard from a variety of
responses, that the viewers are both aware of nature's indescribable beauty and man's destructive tendencies toward her?
Your piece
on Hurricane Sandy (and others, like your
response to Jim Hansen's Op Ed
on the increase in extremely hot summers) are from the point of view of the NASA managers deciding to launch the Challenger.
Michael Lemonick of Climate Central, who's been writing wisely
on the greenhouse effect and climate change since 1987, has a sobering piece at Climate Central
on the gulf between climate discourse around
Hurricane Sandy and a meaningful
response on greenhouse - gas emissions.
[Update, 12:23 p.m. Joe Romm, in eliciting the first public
response on this issue from Gore's office, makes a convincing argument that the Washington Post needs to correct the record given the full unedited interview transcript of Gore's
hurricane comment in his exchange with the Post's Ezra Klein:
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Response: It's definitely a tricky problem, but there is some progress
on local landfalling
hurricanes — overwash in coastal ponds in Massachusetts, tree ring isotopes in Georgia etc..
In the event of increasing extreme events such as cyclones (
hurricanes)(see Section 16.3.1.3) forest biodiversity could be severely affected, as adaptation
responses on small islands are expected to be slow, and impacts of storms may be cumulative.
How
hurricanes develop also depends
on how the local atmosphere responds to changes in local sea surface temperatures, and this atmospheric
response depends critically
on the cause of the change.23, 24 For example, the atmosphere responds differently when local sea surface temperatures increase due to a local decrease of particulate pollution that allows more sunlight through to warm the ocean, versus when sea surface temperatures increase more uniformly around the world due to increased amounts of human - caused heat - trapping gases.25, 26,27,28
How
hurricanes develop also depends
on how the local atmosphere responds to changes in local sea surface temperatures, and this atmospheric
response depends critically
on the cause of the change.23, 24 For example, the atmosphere responds differently when local sea surface temperatures increase due to a local decrease of particulate pollution that allows more sunlight through to warm the ocean, versus when sea surface temperatures increase more uniformly around the world due to increased amounts of human - caused heat - trapping gases.18, 25,26,27 So the link between
hurricanes and ocean temperatures is complex.
More information
on Habitat's and E.
ON response to
Hurricane Harvey can be found at https://habitat.org/American-Wind-Energy/Harvey.