Sentences with phrase «over the island of»

The eye of Irma, a Category 5 storm packing winds of 185 miles per hour (295 km per hour), passed over the island of Barbuda east of Puerto Rico, early on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami reported, possibly hitting Florida on Saturday.

The officials were joined by Queens Chamber of Commerce executive director Thomas Grech, who said he believed the city can not have tolls on the East River bridges «until they can develop drones that can pick up people and products up over the air over the island of Manhattan.»

Hurricane Maria made landfall over the island of Vieques early Wednesday, with sustained winds of 110 miles per hour, according to National Weather Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Arthur Eddington observes the sun's mass bending light during an eclipse over the island of Principe — the gravitational lensing effect predicted by Einstein

Infrared data from NASA's Terra satellite found the area of strongest storms in weakening Tropical Cyclone Sanba when it was over the island of Palawan.

When conflict arises between the Consortium and China over the island of Taiwan, America is drawn in as uneasy Allies.

It's no wonder the French and British fought over the island of St Lucia for 150 years.

This is a great operation with really good people, they have a dive boat and take people all over the island of Maui and Lanai (ie: Molokini crater).

Towering over the island of Maui and visible from just about any point, Haleakala Crater is a force of nature in every sense.

The two became good friends and they made plans for the development of a resort which, after consulting with Hawaiian elders, they decided to name the Mauna Lani (mountains reaching heaven) Resort at Kalahuipua'a in honor of the five mountains which tower over the island of Hawaii and yet still preserving the locations original name.

There is quite a variety of Metal prints and giclee's (canvas prints) taken from all over the island of Kauai both above and below the water available for purchase that have been taken by the owner, Christopher (Chris) Holmes.

Transport: Transfer over the island of Santa Cruz to Baltra Island to catch our flight back to Quito.

By then, your body and brain will be craving the warmth of the sun, the brightness of the luminous light, and the vibrant colors of the tropical flowers all over the island of Virgin Gorda.

After a swim in the ocean or in the community pool, rinse off the salt and sunscreen in the al - fresco shower and bring a tropical drink out to the porch to sip as you watch the sun set over the island of Molokai.

Beau Bijou is a wonderful villa located in Vitet hillside offering an unrestricted view over the islands of Tortue, Toc Vert, Fregate, Anguilla, as well as Marigot bay and Grand Cul de Sac lagoon.

The walk is timed so that you reach the very top of the peak just before sunrise where you can look out over the entire island of Bali as the sun casts the first light of the day over the island of the gods.

The WakaSailing are 8 hour day cruise to Nusa Lembongan as well as the option of a star light cruise that includes a seafood feast and the watching of the sun set over the island of Bali.

Onboard entertainment is most notable on the sunset cruise which is a perfect way to watch the sunset over the island of Bali from the water as the views of the beautiful eastern coast change along with the colors of the sky.

If you want an adrenaline rush, tandem skydive with an expert over the islands of the Great Barrier Reef and land on Airlie Beach with Skydive Airlie Beach.

AllBaliVillas.com lists more than 562 private villas that are available for short - term rental in popular locations all over the island of Bali.

In Link: The Faces of Evil, Ganon takes over the island of Koridai prompting the inhabitants to Hyrule, where they ask Link to save them.

Wandering over its island of pastel plants and animals triggers a variety of pleasant noises, a symphony that builds as you chase birds or stand still among the fireflies.

The Australian monsoon covers the northern third of continental Australia and surrounding seas and, considering its closely coincident location and annual evolution, is often studied in conjunction with the monsoon over the islands of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Tongg + Partners is helping people buy and sell homes all over the island of Oahu, from Honolulu to North Shore.

Not exact matches

As the Communist Revolution swept over the mainland during the Chinese Civil War, the capitalists fled to Formosa (the island of Taiwan), but neither ceded statehood.

The uninhabited half - square - mile island, possessing no apparent natural resources, is a bizarre sliver of territory for two countries to fight over.

Greens and Chevron set to face off over Gorgon vision Chevron is set for fresh battles with WA's powerful green lobby group after the US giant said yesterday it wanted to nearly double the size of the $ 50 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on environmentally fragile Barrow Island off WA's North West.

An Uber driver told CNBC that he made «a lot of money» over the summer when driving people on the island of Santorini.

Though his 2012 purchase of the Hawaiian island of Lanai has been his largest overall investment by far, he's made a number of blockbuster purchases over the last two decades.

The New York Times reports that the witnesses told members of the House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs that Congress should appoint a federal control board — that is, take over management of the island.

Alutiiq is a subsidiary of the Afognak Native Corporation, which is in turn owned by about 700 Alaskan Natives from the Kodiak Island archipelago, the product of a settlement with Washington over land claims.

Branson could spend all of his time on Necker Island, but he's using his billions and voice (he's got over 2 million followers) to try and solve some of the world's biggest problems, like the HIV / AIDS pandemic and global warming.

After you get your fill of playing in the water, you can hop over to the British Virgin Islands for a day and drink on a pirate ship.

About 44 % of that went to Quebec and almost 15 % or $ 16.8 billion went to the three territories which combined have a population of about 111,000, about 23 % less than the number of people in Prince Edward Island, which received $ 2.2 billion over the same time period.

All over the island, the effects of this tourism boom are evident.

José Alberto Cabranes, who later went on to become the first Puerto Rican to be appointed to a federal judgeship, published an exhaustive review of the legislative deliberations over the question of Puerto Rico's political fate following America's annexation of the island.

No more offshore tax shelters in the Cayman Islands or stuffing numbered Swiss bank accounts full of cash: the age of tax leniency is over.

«We need a tent over the whole island,» said an employee of the municipality of Dorado.

Romeo was the first device to be tested on a barge over open water instead of on a reef, as the US was quickly running out of islands upon which it could test nuclear weapons.

With President Trump and the mayor of San Juan in a war of words this weekend over the relief efforts in hurricane - battered Puerto Rico and a stream of harrowing images coming out of the island and its neighbors in the Caribbean, it's easy to feel gloomy about the response to the disaster.

So, in 2008, I traveled to the country made up of over 7,000 islands (exactly how many depends on whether it's high tide or low tide).

By using this tip, a book campaign for Escape From Island Jesus set a goal of $ 8,000 but ended up accruing over $ 15,000.

From the late 1960s through the early»70s, the denizens of this tiny Pacific island were the wealthiest people on the planet per capita, due to the dense and valuable guano deposits left on the island by fish - eating seabirds over a period of eons.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP)-- Eni will proceed with more exploratory drilling south of Cyprus over the next 20 months, affirming a «strong engagement and commitment» in a hydrocarbons search off the east Mediterranean island nation, the Italian company's chief executive said Wednesday.

On Monday morning, its center remained well over 100 miles south of the island.

The Balearic Islands, for instance, have just limited to just over 623,000 the number of visitors that can stay in hotels or legal rental accommodation in one go.

This summer in Palma de Majorca in the popular Balearic Islands, activists burst into the port, setting off flares of red smoke and throwing confetti over people eating at a restaurant.

It's run by the school's Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and contains over 1,000 anole lizards from six Caribbean islands.

Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, said on Friday the company would send more battery installers to Puerto Rico to help restore power after Hurricane Maria knocked out all power on the island over two weeks ago.

It has disputes with five different countries over a number of islands and waters that they claim to control.