Sentences with phrase «severe coastal flooding»

By 2100 much of Europe faces severe coastal flooding and sea level rise averaging over 50 centimetres, even with stringent greenhouse gas cuts, scientists say.

Should Matthew take the most likely track as of late Wednesday, it could bring severe coastal flooding and wind speeds of between 75 and 135 mph to nearly all of Florida's east coast, from Fort Lauderdale northward to Jacksonville and beyond, as far up as the Carolinas.

Sea level rise is already escalating the risk of severe coastal flooding in states like Florida, Virginia and New York, and is expected to ratchet up flooding risks in the coming years.

Severe coastal flooding during storms in January and March of this year jolted Massachusetts residents and officials into an unwelcome awareness of just how vulnerable we are to rising sea levels.

Severe coastal flooding and widespread power outages have prompted many to ask if it's a new normal brought on by climate change.

The severe coastal flooding brought by storms in January and March has drawn renewed attention to the issue of sea level rise, and how prepared or unprepared we are for it.

Not exact matches

The council also passed legislation Wednesday that will force the city to study the impacts of extreme weather, including severe heat, rain storms and coastal flooding, to help better prepare the city for the next Hurricane Irene.

«I think this was a valuable period, because, we had increasingly frequent and severe flooding in our low lying coastal areas, and it's a wakeup call of what we are headed into,» Wanless said.

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Similar negative effects occur with worsening air pollution — higher levels of ground - level ozone smog and other pollutants that increase with warmer temperatures have been directly linked with increased rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease — food production and safety — warmer temperatures and varying rainfall patterns mess up staple crop yields and aid the migration and breeding of pests that can devastate crops — flooding — as rising sea levels make coastal areas and densely - populated river deltas more susceptible to storm surges and flooding that result from severe weather — and wildfires, which can be ancillary to increased heat waves and are also responsible for poor air quality (not to mention burning people's homes and crops).

Examples of possible applications / users include: warnings of the likelihood of severe high impact weather (droughts, flooding, tropical and extratropical cyclones etc.) to help protect life and property; humanitarian planning and response to disasters; agriculture and disease planning / control (e.g., malaria and meningitis), particularly in developing countries; river - flow and river - discharge for flood prediction, hydroelectric power generation and reservoir management; landslides; coastal inundation; transport; power generation; insurance.

But as temperatures rise and global warming continues to manifest itself in rising seas, coastal erosion, and more severe droughts, floods, and storms, climate change is becoming increasingly intertwined in the reasoning behind why people pick up and leave.

At the coasts, strong winds, up to nearly hurricane force, will batter beaches with 20 - foot waves for three high tide cycles, prompting concern for severe beach erosion and major coastal flooding from Maryland to Massachusetts.

From increasingly frequent and severe types of extreme events that include heatwaves, coastal flooding and heavier downpours, the costs of climate change are becoming tangible throughout the country.

By the end of this century, increased rates of sea - level rise (SLR) could cause pcmanent inundation of portions of low - lying coastal cities, repeated flooding episodes, and more severe beach erosion.

With such a rise, flooding and coastal erosion would be especially severe in heavily populated coastal areas of the tropics and warm temperate regions.

Health effects from increased frequency and severity of heat waves, exposure of low - lying coastal areas to severe storms and sea level rise, increased frequency and severity of drought, river flooding, wildfires, and so forth — a wide range of impacts that can have a range of implications for human health and for disruption of our society.

Strong scientific evidence shows that global warming is increasing certain types of extreme weather events, including heat waves, coastal flooding, extreme precipitation events, and more severe droughts.

Other architects contested Demirkan's theory, saying there were severe floods in the area before the coastal highway was constructed, and that the road's effect on rainwater drainage had been considered when it was being built.

Sea levels would rise, with the impact intensified by those storms: coastal flooding, already a major source of natural disasters, would become much more frequent and severe.

The situations that cause flooding — heavy rain, melting snow, severe coastal weather — can happen anywhere.