Sentences with phrase «risk damaging our region»

«The pipeline would travel over many of our water supplies and aquifers; it would create a significant health hazard and risk damaging our region's many farms, orchards and tourist attractions.»

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Implanted electrodes might also be dangerous if they penetrate sensitive regions of the brain like the speech centers, where damage could lead to speech loss, or the motor cortex, where paralysis is a risk.

«If the outage had occurred during peak flying hours, the damage to the public would have been incalculable,» he adds, citing delayed flights at the very least, airport gridlock throughout the region, and heightened risk of crashes.

To avoid facing up to $ 1 trillion in annual flood - related damages for the period 2005 - 2050, the governments of the most at - risk regions would need to spend a collective $ 50 billion on structural adaptations, complex systems of adjustable dykes, gates and levies that they would be able to raise and lower according to the location and nature of the risk.

«Future research using more animals will enhance our understanding of what regions of the horses» feet are most at risk of damage.»

With the loss of the cushioning effect provided by free - moving collagen in the blood vessels, the force of the surge of blood that is driven into the arteries by the pumping action of the heart is carried directly to organs like the kidneys and the brain, damaging to the structures that filter our blood and that connect the functional regions of our brain, and putting us at risk of a stroke.

Manufactured homes are prone to damage by fire, and some insurance companies exclude fire damage in high - risk regions.

But even if it's not required, we recommend you consider windstorm insurance if your house is located in a high - risk region, as direct damage from wind, hail and hurricanes are likely excluded from your home insurance policy.

Despite the fact that most tropical cyclones do not hit the Hawaiian Islands, FEMA has designated the entire state as a «Wind - Borne Debris Region,» meaning that the risk of wind damage is significant.

Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including glacial lakes outburst loods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over,

The vulnerable nations declared that they are, «Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over...»

Light - coloured whale species living in polar regions, such as beluga, may suffer short - term damage to vision and immune systems, and increased risk of disease and reproductive failure.

Flood mapping of five major metropolitan regions suggests that if critical components of the electric grid are insufficiently protected, they risk inundation and the flood damage and failure that can ensue.

Water may become less scarce in regions that get more precipitation, but more precipitation will probably also increase flood risk; it may also raise the groundwater table, which could lead to damage to buildings and other infrastructure or to reduced agricultural productivity due to wet soils or soil salinization.

Even though the flooding did not cause any major damage, it reopened the question of risk management and the region's vulnerability to flooding.

Effects: Rising sea levels are expected to increase the risk of flooding, storm surges, and property damage in coastal cities and regions.

Calunius» Christian Stuerwald participated in a panel discussion about «Private Enforcement of Competition Law» at the event, among the topics discussed were: Implementation of the EU Damages Directive in the region, Jurisdiction and forum shopping, Risks and opportunities for in - house lawyers and Funding options.

Three of Canada's largest cities are located in regions of high to moderate risk of earthquake damage — Vancouver, Montreal, and Ottawa.

Despite the fact that most tropical cyclones do not hit the Hawaiian Islands, FEMA has designated the entire state as a «Wind - Borne Debris Region,» meaning that the risk of wind damage is significant.

Homes abutting forests or natural areas in parts of eastern Washington are at higher risk for wildfire damage than residential areas in urban areas, or those located in the damper western regions of the state.