Sentences with phrase «storm damaged infrastructure»

Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Darrel Aubertine, who has been made co-chairman of a cabinet - level task force charged with repairing storm damaged infrastructure, said

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Harvey is on track to become one of the costliest storms in U.S. history, with an estimates ranging from around $ 75 billion to $ 95 billion in damages, accounting for property damage to cars, homes, commercial buildings and infrastructure.
Last year, a string of strong hurricanes that hit airlines» hubs cost airlines hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue, but clearing runways from a snowstorm is a much faster process than recovering from the floods, power outages, structural damage to airports and other infrastructure damage that 2017's storms caused.
Engineers dealing with frequent «100 - year storms» can't talk about «climate - change» when discussing their storm - related infrastructure damage issues because the Rubios of the world shout them down!
State and local governments combined for more than $ 31.4 million in costs and infrastructure damage as a result of the storm, which killed three people.
Governor Cuomo hosted Vice President Joe Biden to talk about new ways of rebuilding infrastructure after damaging storms.
But Cuomo, in formally announcing his veto, said al - Qaida has threatened to target such facilities and superstorm Sandy was powerful enough to damage infrastructure built to survive 100 - year storms.
Nearly two weeks after the storm swept through the metropolitan region, thousands remain without power and the damage from the storm crippled the transportation infrastructure of the area.
The counties — Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Orleans, St. Lawrence and Wyoming — together had more than $ 46.6 million in response costs and infrastructure damage verified as a result of the storm that rocked the region from Nov. 18 - 26, dumping just over seven feet of snow in some areas.
As the one - year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaches, New York City officials acknowledged that many residents are still waiting for financial aid to rebuild their damaged homes but said the city's infrastructure has been strengthened for future storms.
CSEA President Danny Donohue said union members should follow all appropriate safety guidelines as they recover from the storm, which caused widespread flooding, damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure and downed trees and power lines.
U.S. Representative Nita Lowey said, «Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee caused severe damage to Westchester and Rockland County homes, businesses, and infrastructure.
Improved weather prediction, therefore, will be vital to giving communities more time to prepare for dangerous storms, saving lives and minimizing damage to infrastructure.
Emanuel hopes that the study's results will help city planners and government officials to decide where and how to rebuild and fortify infrastructure, as well as whether to recode building standards to stand up to stronger storms and more damaging floods.
Battered by two intensely powerful storms with sustained wind gusts of more than 150 miles per hour last year — first by Hurricane Irma and then by Hurricane Maria — Puerto Rico suffered widespread and catastrophic damage to its urban infrastructure.
In addition to flooding infrastructure due to sea level rise, coastal cities are vulnerable to damage from storm surge, wave action, and / or inundation of their transportation infrastructure such as roadways, ports, bridges, rail, tunnels, shipyards, and navigational aids.
This increase in demand — up 58 % since 2009 — combined with antiquated infrastructure has resulted in an increasing number of brownouts and blackouts, such as the one resulting from the 2013 ice storm that caused 27 deaths, loss of power to over a million residents and more than $ 200 million in damages.
The increase in demand — up 58 % since 2009 — combined by antiquated infrastructure has resulted in an increasing number of brownouts and blackouts, such as the 2013 ice storm / power outage that resulted 27 deaths, loss of power to over a million residents and over $ 200 million in damages.
«Across Canada outdated storm and waste - water infrastructure has resulted in increased flood damage to homes,» explains Blair Feltmate, associate professor at the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Environment.
the tax will be used for «tourism - related infrastructure» — which can include anything from the upkeep of seaside boulevards or the rebuilding of beaches after they have been damaged in storms, to payment of salaries for extra police man hours during such events as Blanes» famous annual international fireworks festival.
(The storm caused some damage to already shaky infrastructure, but nothing on the scale of what we've seen in Puerto Rico or other parts of the Caribbean.)
It would also mean investments in a hardened power grid, highways, sea walls, and other infrastructure to prepare for more damaging storms and other impacts of global warming.
Overwash accumulating each year will also damage the infrastructure on these islands, making it much harder for potable water resources to recover from storm events.
Battered by two intensely powerful storms with sustained wind gusts of more than 150 miles per hour last year — first by Hurricane Irma and then by Hurricane Maria — Puerto Rico suffered widespread and catastrophic damage to its urban infrastructure.
Mid-latitude islands, such as islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland (St. Pierre et Miquelon), are exposed to impacts from tropical, post-tropical, and extra-tropical storms that can produce storm - surge flooding, large waves, coastal erosion, and (in some winter storms) direct sea ice damage to infrastructure and property.
Coastal living carries risk, however, as hurricanes and other coastal storms inflict trillions in property and infrastructure damage each year.
Storm surge can cause deaths, widespread infrastructure damage, and severe beach erosion.
(3) identifies any use by the State or Indian tribe of allowances distributed under this section for the reduction of flood and storm damage and the effects of climate change on water and flood protection infrastructure.
The dynamics of this storm were almost identical to that which led to flooding and infrastructure damage in June and July of 2011 in the Pine Pass / Chetwynd region of northeast BC.
Infrastructure across the U.S. is being adversely affected by phenomena associated with climate change, including sea level rise, storm surge, heavy downpours, and extreme heat... Floods along the nation's rivers, inside cities, and on lakes following heavy downpours, prolonged rains, and rapid melting of snowpack are damaging infrastructure in towns and cities, farmlands, and a variety of other places acroInfrastructure across the U.S. is being adversely affected by phenomena associated with climate change, including sea level rise, storm surge, heavy downpours, and extreme heat... Floods along the nation's rivers, inside cities, and on lakes following heavy downpours, prolonged rains, and rapid melting of snowpack are damaging infrastructure in towns and cities, farmlands, and a variety of other places acroinfrastructure in towns and cities, farmlands, and a variety of other places across the nation.
For example, rising sea level increases the likelihood that a storm surge will overtop a levee or damage other coastal infrastructure, such as coastal roads, sewage treatment plants, or gas lines — all with potentially large, expensive, and immediate consequences (Nordhaus, 2010).
«Poorly constructed, badly maintained, and aging infrastructure and housing — a legacy of both the Soviet era and the transition years — are ill - suited to cope with storms, heat waves, or floods, let alone protect people from such extreme events,» said the study headed by Zeljko Bogetic, the World Bank's lead economist for Russia... Floods or other «extreme events» can cause far greater damage in Russia than would be the case in other parts of the world, the World Bank report said.
Climate impact concerns include environmental quality (e.g., more ozone, water - logging or salinisation), linkage systems (e.g., threats to water and power supplies), societal infrastructures (e.g., changed energy / water / health requirements, disruptive severe weather events, reductions in resources for other social needs and maintaining sustainable livelihoods, environmental migration (Box 7.2), placing blame for adverse effects, changes in local ecologies that undermine a sense of place), physical infrastructures (e.g., flooding, storm damage, changes in the rate of deterioration of materials, changed requirements for water or energy supply), and economic infrastructures and comparative advantages (e.g., costs and / or risks increased, markets or competitors affected).
Led technical design standard for WASH, flood damaged school building infrastructure and storm / flood protection, saving 30 - 40 % of costs through making the design environmentally friendly and low cost
While many might think of the spoiling of beach time, I couldn't wait to see the infrastructure damage up close, to measure the property and infrastructure damage from storm and water with my own eyes, and I had my chance.
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