Sentences with phrase «properties of extreme events»

The two most fundamental properties of extreme events are that they are rare (by definition) and highly random.

Not exact matches

Yesterday the World Meteorological Organisation published its Annual Statement on the Climate, finding that «2013 once again demonstrated the dramatic impact of droughts, heat waves, floods and tropical cyclones on people and property in all parts of the planet» and that «many of the extreme events of 2013 were consistent with what we would expect as a result of human - induced climate change.»

Pielke is right that an increase in the number of valuable properties in high - risk areas is overwhelmingly the primary cause of increased financial losses from extreme weather events over the past few decades.

In 2011 and 2012 alone, the cost of extreme events totaled $ 720 million, including damage to both crops and properties.

The NewYork Times: With one week left for the U.N. climate change talks to conclude, developed and developing countries remain at odds on how to solve the crisis being linked to the recent spate of extreme weather events that have claimed lives and destroyed property worth billions of dollar.

As Ages of Greenpeace said: «There are now five California lawsuits that, if successful, will help protect people's lives, livelihoods, and property from the devastating impacts of climate - fueled extreme weather events.»

It is also likely that not very many in the Rose Garden that day could imagine that severe drought would soon paralyze Texas and Oklahoma several years in a row, that massive floods would take hundreds of lives and destroy billions of dollars of property, that glaciers would recede, coral reefs would bleach and die off, or that extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy would bring New York City and much of New Jersey to its knees.

Around the globe, extreme events such as floods, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes, and heat waves increasingly result in forced migration and loss of life, property, and security.

«Climate change is causing fire seasons to start earlier and finish later, with an associated trend towards more extreme wildfire events in terms of their geographic extent and duration, intensity, severity, associated suppression costs, and loss of life and property,» the scientists write.

Second, the price of risk needs to be accurate so that insurance companies can compensate consumers in the event that their property is damaged through extreme weather.

Likewise, in the event that you responsible for extreme damage, such as a condominium fire, you may be liable for hundreds of thousands of dollars of property damage.

From extreme weather events like Superstorm Sandy to everyday concerns about energy consumption, there are a wide range of environmental issues that impact America's property owners and communities.