In support of the Houston SPCA, the ASPCA has deployed our disaster response team to assist in the transport and relocation of animals displaced by
the severe flooding following Hurricane Harvey.
Not exact matches
Our Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are leaning on FEMA to quickly review and approve New York's request for a major disaster declaration
following July's thunderstorms and
severe flooding.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the U.S. Small Business Administration has granted his request for a Physical Disaster Declaration for Cayuga, Oneida, Rensselaer, and Wyoming Counties and the contiguous counties of Albany, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Columbia, Cortland, Erie, Genesee, Greene, Herkimer, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Saratoga, Seneca, Tompkins, Washington, and Wayne
following a weather system that brought
severe storms and flash
flooding from excessive rainfall that quickly overwhelmed roadways, homes and businesses from July 1 through July 24, 2017.
* Announced over 8 million dollars in federal funds to repair and reconstruct highways and roads that suffered
severe damage as a result of the 2013
flooding and cosponsored and voted to pass FEMA reforms that would ensure our communities receive vital federal resources
following severe flooding.
b) large scale semi-permanent and permanent droughts in many regions; large scale
flooding in others; and in some regions a pattern of
severe droughts
followed by
severe flooding;
And there has been a range of serious impacts from the
severe weather, including damaging gales and properties
flooded by rivers that have burst their banks
following sustained and heavy rainfall.
Fig. 2 gives an example of a QRA − HPA event that began as a QRA event with 10 August 2012 as the central date,
followed, with a lag of 5 d, by an HPA event during the strong heat waves in the western and eastern United States, accompanied by
severe flooding in the central United States that occurred simultaneously with destructive
flooding in central China and
severe droughts in eastern and western China (44).
The QRA event with 10 August 2012 as the central date,
followed, with a lag of 5 d, by the observed HPA event during heat waves in the western and eastern United States and
severe flooding in the central United States, accompanied by
flooding in central China and droughts in eastern and western China (44).
Following a series of recent devastating extreme weather events — mudslides in Sierra Leone,
flooding in south Asia, and
severe storms hitting the Philippines and the Gulf of Mexico, many have called attention to the role of climate change in these disasters.
For example, several studies have examined the romantic relationships of couples who survived
severe flooding, and although the precise conclusions vary, a few suggest couples often demonstrate increased responsiveness towards each other, and if one partner demonstrates enhanced responsiveness, the other will as well.4 Researchers who
followed hurricane survivors in Florida found a similar virtuous circle in effect.5 One study reported that among natural disaster survivors in particular, partners reported more frequent positive exchanges after the stressful event, as compared to survivors of other stressful or violent events.6