Sentences with phrase «serious flooding»

Even if you do not live in a high - risk flood zone, you can still be a victim of serious flood damage.

Those that were told not to disclose, I walked away from., one was on a very serious flooding issue.

That said, if you live in a low - risk zone that has never sustained serious flood damage, weigh the coverage cost against the likelihood of filing a claim.

We have had more rain this week than we've had in a long time with a lot of areas are experiencing serious flooding.

That would trigger serious flooding in some areas, and worsen it in others.

Two - thirds have over 5 million people under threat of serious flooding.

We have had more rain this week than we've had in a long time with a lot of areas are experiencing serious flooding.

Communities across New York's Mohawk Valley are working today to dry out and clean up after heavy rains late yesterday caused serious flooding and temporarily closed a portion of the Thruway.

However, our experience shows that donations drop significantly within a few days after a disaster, even though most of the efforts to recover from serious flooding and rebuild homes, lives and a community can stretch out for months or even years.

It's been raining non-stop in the Bay Area with serious flood warnings so we have pretty much been stuck at home the earlier part of this week....

• Hadfield notes that some of the most serious flooding along the Yangtze is generated downstream of the dam, and...

Meanwhile, despite the recent drought — and now serious flood threat — the state refuses to build new reservoirs to manage water supplies.

They were especially alarmed after heavy rains created serious flooding in the Southern Tier, adding to the worries that runoff from fracking fluid would make the process even more dangerous.

A year ago, an unusually rainy spring caused the Mississippi River's most serious flooding since 1927.

Below the dam, there will be serious flood control, no small achievement for a river that spills its banks once a decade, killing thousands as it did in 1998.

Whenever it rains outside, it's important that you do everything that you can in order to make sure that these items are protected from what could become serious flood damage.

There have been many serious floods, fires, cyclones and storms in Australia over the last decade and many people have found out too late that they did not have enough insurance cover on their home and contents.

I'm posting this projection of the cumulative rainfall estimate over the next three days from Hurricane Irene as a reminder that while storm surge and wind damage will be fairly tightly focused, the storm's destructive potential will be felt over an enormous area, with the prospect of serious flooding across thousands of square miles.

This is a re-posting of an earlier episode of Looped In posted before Hurricane Harvey but after the city suffered serious flooding during both 2015 and 2016.

Coastal areas in the U.S. are at far greater risk for serious flooding than previously believed.

The buyers declined to follow my advice, and soon after closing, they incurred serious flooding problems.

Sebastian said focusing on 100 - year events is also problematic because short, intense rainfall events that don't meet the 100 - year threshold can still cause serious flooding.

In 2011, there was serious flooding in Thailand, and international companies with manufacturing plants there suffered between $ 15 billion and $ 20 billion in losses.

The city reports an average snowfall of 55 inches per season, and this can lead to serious flooding issues during the spring melt - off.

It should also be mentioned that, elsewhere in this part of the world, Australia is recovering from serious flooding that has already cost the country A$ 200 million ($ 165 million)-- sadly ironic considering it's also suffering through its worst drought in history.

Climate scientists predict that while the drought that has devastated the US state for four years will become more extreme, it will be interspersed with bouts of serious flooding.

Inside the NHC's Storm Surge Unit, forecasters try to gauge how waters will rise along the coasts and where the most serious flooding could develop.

There's a serious flood every other month in some part of the world somewhere.

«There are serious flooding issues, and no action has been taken on that.»

When the crested floatingheart gets into canals, drainage is impeded, posing a serious flooding threat during heavy rains.

Most of those rains fell across the Midwest and Central and Northern Plains, bringing with them serious floods.

One study, published in Environmental Research Letters last month (pdf), found the number of Americans exposed to serious flooding is about three times higher than previous estimates.

So, for example, when it rains 6 inches in two or three hours, it can also cause serious flooding.»

An analysis of flood claims in several southeast Houston suburbs from 1999 - 2009 found that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's 100 - year flood plain maps — the tool that U.S. officials use to determine both flood risk and insurance premiums — failed to capture 75 percent of flood damages from five serious floods, none of which reached the threshold of a 100 - year event.

• An alternative explanation is that the subtropical jet stream was enhanced, increasing the frequency with which the Southwest was hit by «Pineapple Expresses:» water - saturated subtropical plumes of air that periodically swing up from Hawaii and hit the West Coast and these days cause serious flooding.

«The combination of the heavy rain and prolonged wind will create the potential for long - lasting power outages and serious flooding.

We are lucky enough not to have experienced any serious flooding in our home (well, there was that one time in our first flat when Ben drilled through the mains water pipe, and I had to hold a towel tightly around the pipe for over half an hour while he tried to locate the stop cock, but let's not talk about that, ok?).

In the last year alone, independent education insurance specialist EIS has dealt with a fire, a serious flood and numerous liability claims which in total equate to claims in the millions of pounds.

Meanwhile, the 534,450 requests from pupils sitting exams under adverse circumstances, which might include «a traumatic experience, or a recent illness of a serious nature» and serious flooding — as the country saw in December last year, particularly in Lancashire and Yorkshire — were approved at a higher rate than last year.

Serious floods have affected downtown Boulder in 1894, 1896, 1906, 1909, 1916, 1921, 1938, and 1969 with the worst being those of May 31 - June 2, 1894 and May 7, 1969.

Now we will look at the big differences in the rainfall amounts that caused the serious flooding in 2000.

I was amazed at the Government and Green responses to the serious flooding in the English Midlands a couple of years ago, when increassed rainfall due to alleged Man - made Global Warming was trumpeted as a cause for the flooding; anyone who pointed out that generations of covering flood plains with buildings, concrete and ashphalt was quite a dangerous thing to do was derided as a simpleton or an ignoramus.

This coverage gives you the financial resources you need to make property repairs after a serious flood or fire or a weather - related catastrophe.

Public officials say that local «earthen dams» are responsible for some of these serious floods that can cause a lot of property damage and may raise home insurance rates significantly.

The biggest concerns are hurricanes, which can result in serious flooding, tree line damage, and window and roof damage.

Furthermore, serious flooding and earthquakes can cause extreme damage to all of your items as well as your rental property in Brooklyn.

These massive storm systems deliver torrential rainfall, damaging winds and serious flooding.