Sentences with phrase «storm warning systems»

But Topping says defences, such as building dykes and developing new storm warning systems to guard against potentially more ferocious storms, are only part of the answer.

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«Virginia has always been an early - warning system for midterm elections — almost always showing us what will happen in the next year if the course of the storm doesn't shift.

Park district staff will receive electronic warnings when an approaching storm system is within 10 miles of Highland Park.

Lake water could enter the storm sewer system and test its capacity, Horanburg warned.

A once - in - a-century storm could cripple large parts of the power delivery system, with potentially catastrophic consequences, federal experts warn.

It could transform the way we manufacture materials such as metals, help explain why Jupiter's Great Red Spot is red, and provide the basis of an early - warning system for storms and tornadoes on Earth.

Learning from a 1989 solar storm Pulkkinen said that NASA's satellite and computer systems provide a vital early warning capability.

A tornado warning remained in effect on Saturday evening for some communities east of Orrick, but the threat was expected to lessen as the storm system moved on, Hawblitzel said.

«The muon burst could in principle serve as an early warning system before a storm,» Gupta says.

A successful early warning system is key to reducing the economic impact of such storms, which has been estimated by the National Academy of Sciences to be several trillion dollars in the most severe cases.

A UK consortium has proposed a satellite system that can provide as much as five days warning of potentially devastating solar storms

A UK consortium has proposed a satellite system that can provide as much as five days warning of potentially devastating solar storms (Credit: Airbus Defence and Space (UK)-RRB-

NOAA will manage the DSCOVR mission, giving advanced warning of approaching solar storms with the potential to cripple electrical grids, disrupt communication systems, throw off GPS navigation, reroute air travel, affect satellite operations and endanger human spaceflight.

According to a new study accepted for publication in the journal Space Weather, the US was taken to the brink of war with the Soviet Union in 1967, when a powerful solar storm wreaked havoc with early warning systems designed to detect incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.

By launching electronic sensors into the funnel, the storm chasers hope to obtain enough data to create an improved warning system.

By launching electronic sensors into the funnel, the storm chasers hope to obtain data to create an improved warning system.

Strong storms can sometimes cause a problem but Belize has a modern alert system that will give you plenty of advance warning.

According to de Boer, the fund is intended to finance climate change projects including sea walls to guard against expanding oceans, early warning systems for extreme events, improved water supplies for drought areas, training in new agricultural techniques and the conservation and restoration of mangroves to protect people from storms.

Many are relieved that DSCOVR will replace the aging and mostly incapacitated system that is presently providing some warning of such storms.

From its vantage at L1, DSCOVR also provides an important early warning system for protection against solar storms.

«The White House decision to create the Joint Polar Satellite System by restructuring NPOESS will improve the development of critical Earth - observing instruments required for improving weather forecasts, climate monitoring and warning leads for severe storms,» NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco said yesterday.

But the WMO says there was a 16 % decline in deaths due to storms and a 43 % decline in those from floods, thanks mainly to better early warning systems and increased preparedness, and despite an increase in populations in disaster - prone areas.

The first proposal originates from the unique situation posed by Hurricane Sandy; it would give the NHC the option to continue issuing formal advisories on post-tropical cyclones as long as those systems pose a significant threat to life and property, and it would give the NWS the option to keep hurricane and tropical storm watches and warnings in place for those systems.

Report on the workshop on the development of early warning systems and contingency plans in relation to extreme weather events and their effects such as desertification, drought, floods, landslides, storm surge, soil erosion, and saline water intrusion.

As part of the institution's new strategy, it will help to fund the construction of enough renewable energy to power 150m homes in developing countries, and build early warning systems of climate - related disasters — such as storms and floods — for 100 million people.