Sentences with phrase «severe weather storm»

With respect to icy sidewalks, the law will take into account severe weather storms when determining a municipality's liability, in addition to a number of other considerations including: pedestrian traffic, length of time dangerous conditions existed, reasonableness of the expectation that city would rectify problem.

Collisions with other ships, fires on board, rouge waves, and severe weather storms that lead to flooding and sinking are among the past causes of cruise ship tragedies.

Not exact matches

As many Texans continue to recover from Hurricane Harvey and prepare for potential severe weather in the coming storm season, the Texas comptroller has announced a Sales Tax Holiday for emergency preparation supplies.

After they were forced to postpone their August 25 Houston show due to the severe weather conditions, Coldplay put their free time to good use by penning a song dedicated to the city, which has been badly hit by Tropical Storm Harvey.

The latest storm is not expected to grow into anything even remotely as serious, but Shell's evacuation of its staff is a reminder of the dangers of severe weather in the Gulf.

Orland Park police are reviewing their severe weather notification policies after some residents questioned why sirens weren't used during last week's storm, said Deputy Chief Thomas Kenealy.

Before the region has fully recovered from last week's damaging wind storm, the National Weather Service is cautioning about another severe weather event.

«New York is no stranger to the damage that severe weather can inflict on communities, and time and time again, we have stepped up to provide real relief to families affected by storms,» Cuomo said.

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.

Following Tuesday's severe weather in the Hudson Valley, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo toured storm damage in Putnam County and delivered a recovery update Wednesday.

«While we can not say the (Hoosick Falls) storm was caused by climate change, incidences of severe weather and flooding such as this have a higher probability in a globally warmed climate,» said Ross Lazear, an instructor at the University at Albany who studies extreme weather and weather forecasting.

«We've all seen our share of severe weather this month, but be warned that this next storm may also bring conditions that could cause electric service interruptions,» said Charles A. Freni, senior vice president of Customer Services and Transmission & Distribution at Central Hudson.

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.

«Because we have insufficient funds in the [fiscal]»11 budget, we are likely looking at a period of time a few years down the road where we will not be able to do the severe storm warnings and long - term weather forecasts that people have come to expect today,» Lubchenco said in remarks at NOAA's Satellite Operations Center in Suitland, Md..

Chronic illnesses could also be aggravated if weather - related natural calamities, like fires, floods, and severe storms, overwhelm public services.

People who recently experienced severe weather events such as floods, storms and drought are more likely to support policies to adapt to the effects of climate change, according to a new study co-authored by an Indiana University researcher.

The Storm Prediction Center is responsible for forecasting (identifying, describing, and quantifying) the risk of severe weather caused by severe convective storms (specifically, those producing tornadoes, hail 3/4» or larger, and winds 58 MPH or greater), as well as winter and fire weather.

Pollution - seeded clouds may have worldwide effects across all kinds of weather — from droughts in the South due to less frequent rain to other, more severe storms.

«Then, if the flash rate suddenly jumps to at least twice the standard deviation of that running average, there is a high probability the updraft in that cell has strengthened, a supercell is forming and severe weather is more likely with that storm.»

Although SKYWARN spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, the main responsibility of a SKYWARN spotter is to identify and describe severe local storms.

«Because we have insufficient funds in the [fiscal]»11 budget, we are likely looking at a period of time a few years down the road where we will not be able to do the severe storm warnings and long - term weather forecasts that people have come to expect today,» she said.

Rapid increases of lightning are a signal that a storm is strengthening quickly and could produce severe weather.

«Five or 10 years down the road, when we have a system that can tell you that there's a severe hail storm coming hours in advance, and to be able to trust that — it will change how we see severe weather.

Extreme climate and weather events such as record high temperatures, intense downpours and severe storm surges are becoming more common in many parts of the world.

Calculating an overall trend in climate - related deaths is difficult due to the irregularity of severe storms, Boersma says, though the link between extreme weather and chick death demonstrates that as extreme weather increases in coming years, chick death will increase in turn.

By pulling together the maximum possible computer resource, and running these weather forecast models thousands of times — and for alternative carbon dioxide levels — a picture can be built of how often severe storms can be expected.

For additional information on specific tornado and severe weather events during 2015, please visit our monthly reports, the Billion Dollar weather disasters report, the Storm Events Database, and NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.

«With increasing changes in weather patterns and more frequent severe storms, we need to look at bigger opportunities to create more water storage further up our river catchments.

At Earth, they drive the most severe geomagnetic storms and thus are the primary focus of space - weather forecasting.

Then they compared them to Arctic weather records and found that when the Arctic was warm, cold snaps happened more often in the East — and the higher that Arctic warming reached into the atmosphere in mid to late winter, the more severe winter storms hit.

«The instruments on DSCOVR will improve upon what we have with ACE, as they will continue to operate even during severe space weather storms.

Sky provides television Storm chasing, lightning & tornado photography; weather data; chaser gallery; chase journals; kids» severe weather facts; photos of rocket & space shuttle

Storm chasing, lightning & tornado photography; weather data; chaser gallery; chase journals; kids» severe weather facts; photos of rocket & space shuttle Sky UK (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited, BSkyB and Sky) is a telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom.

Richard Hignett, 32, from Bedfordshire shot himself through the foot with his crossbow which he had intended using to kill his mother and father before Every region in the UK was under one or more severe weather warnings as the storm brought more than a foot of snow

Storm chasing, lightning & tornado photography; weather data; chaser gallery; chase journals; kids» severe weather facts; photos of rocket & space shuttle

Spoiler alert: In the conclusion of the article, Goodman writes: «superintendents watching the weather forecast should consider erring on the side of cancellation when an impending storm is likely be severe enough to substantially disrupt student attendance.»

No severe weather is expected, but a few storms could produce some briefly gusty winds and heavy rainfall.

For those living in areas that experience consistent severe weather events, adding storm - protection upgrades like storm - proof windows or wind - resistant garage doors to your house can decrease your premiums while shielding you from more damage.

The IBC says that much of the increase is due to extreme weather such as ice storms, severe cold snaps and heavy rainfall.

JHS Storm Trooper program allows families to bring home dogs, cats and kittens for sleepovers during severe weather.

Weather Alert: At times of inclement weather (snow, ice, moderate - to - severe thunderstorms, severe wind storms, or excessive heat) all sessions for that day will be canceled and can be rescheduled at your earliest convenience upon return of normal weather conditions.

It's prudent to have a backup plan in place in case of an ice storm or other severe weather that could possibly trap you at work away from your pets.

In actuality, the weather turned cool, and severe storms became the problem.

At the same time, forecasts of severe winter weather at even northern airports is a reason to pay attention if you have a trip planned, as these airports can not keep up at the height of a winter storm with all scheduled inbound and outbound planes.

Blast your way through extreme weather conditions like tropical storms and thick fog and challenge Storm Island's sudden and severe terrain changes.

In modern societies, many individuals appear to be detached from the weather, yet our dependence on it is obvious when we consider severe storms, extreme temperatures, drought and other natural disasters.

It seems one of the factors was extraordinarily high food prices... Of course, there are many factors that determine food prices... On the supply side there have been some terrible weather events... floods, droughts, severe storms, wildfires, heatwaves, and??

If heavy rain is punctuated by severe hot dry weather this could loosen the soil to be washed away in the next storm.

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).

The recent spate of storms and severe winter weather in Europe have been suggested as linked to changes in the Jet Stream.