Sentences with phrase «prone areas the level»

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Since then, the state has asked that more than 600 disposal wells operating in quake - prone areas cut injection volume by 40 percent below 2014 levels.

In a study published in the Chinese journal Tropical Geography in 2003, scholars at Guangzhou's South China Normal University predicted that such tinkering with the water level could trigger activity in 283 landslide - prone areas.

They found that more addiction - prone rats had lower levels of D2 instructions to begin with, compared with other rats, in an area of the brain known to play a major role in addiction.

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.

Not only they have life history traits, behavior and physiology strongly influenced by environmental variables but they also lay their eggs in coastal areas prone to sea level rise and cyclonic activity.

Those individuals with higher levels of Firmicutes organisms, in comparison to the Bacteroidetes group, are more prone to problems in these areas.

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.

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.

These can include flood - prone areas or areas with high groundwater levels.

The most susceptible populations in these areas were in areas with high levels of poverty, and where large populations had clustered on marginal land such as flood plains or coastal regions in cyclone - prone areas.

Exxon's Beaumont and Baytown facilities are in low - lying areas that are already prone to flooding, but will be much more so with sea level rise and more extreme storm events.

Concur; having worked extensively in New Orleans before Katarina, much of the devastation had to do with buildings and infrastructure built below sea level in a storm prone area.

Heavily populated cities, for example, may be prone to more traffic congestion and commuters, while other areas may have higher levels of accidents or car thefts.

In addition, you will want to think about purchasing a higher level of Walker's Point renters insurance if you are living in an area of WI that is especially prone to theft and other hazards.