Sentences with phrase «storms hitting our region»

(White Plains, NY)-- With 58 State, County and local elected officials standing with him Westchester County Executive George Latimer called for changes to the leadership teams of ConEdison and NYSEG following the inadequate response to the storms hitting our region this week and their lack of communication, Friday, March 9th.

After a relatively mild winter in many parts of the Northeastern United States, a massive winter storm hit the region on Thursday morning.

That such storms hit the region every 40 -50 years allowed people to forget about them.

Not exact matches

The worst storm to hit the U.S. since 2004 and by some estimates the largest rain - storm in U.S. history, Harvey has had a profound impact on the nation's largest oil - producing and oil - refining region.

While many parts of the New York City metropolitan region were hard - hit by the storm, the devastation was particularly severe here on Staten Island.

The biggest storm in a century hit Sydney and the Hunter region of NSW on April 22, killing three people, upending power poles and flooding houses.

Republican Chairman Ed Cox in a statement on Thursday criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo's response to a wind storm that left thousands without power in the region just before a major snowstorm hit.

Following a series of storms that wreaked havoc and caused long - lasting blackouts, political officials assured the public that extra precautions were being taken in case the worst - case scenario hit Rockland and the region again.

That evening, shortly after the first line of storms hit the village, his office issued its first flood advisory at 6:53 p.m. for Hoosick Falls and the region.

Furthermore, the information could be very helpful and it is frustrating that not everything is being done that can be to help this region prepare for another monster storm,» said Legislator Ted Morton, whose home and district were also hit hard.

He also said that, with another winter storm possibly hitting our region next Monday, more than 2,000 utility workers were out restoring power.

Another winter storm is expected to hit the region tomorrow, with a significant accumulation of snow.

More resources are being sent to Broome County as the Southern Tier begins to clean up following a major winter storm that hit the region Tuesday.

Chris Gibson, a first - term Republican representing the Albany region, whose district was hit hard by the storm, also had reservations about Mr. Cantor's position.

Most of the region affected by Katrina couldn't make a landline phone call after the storm hit, much less log on to the Web.

Districts throughout the state that remain open are telling families who have evacuated to their areas to register children in local schools while the regions hit hardest by the storm work to reopen their schools.

If you're in the unfortunate position of having your mortgage come up for renewal this year, you may also be hit with the perfect storm: a devalued housing market in the Fort McMurray region, combined with no or low employment, combined with little personal equity in the home.

As the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are hit by severe storm conditions, staff from The Humane Society of the United States have been helping animals throughout the region.

Guam sees an average of three tropical storms and one typhoon pass nearby the region annually, whereas the nation of Palau lies outside of the main hit area so sees typhoons much less frequently.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on coastal impacts from hurricanes have run fresh simulations of the possible storm surge as Hurricane Irene hits the New York metropolitan region.

The region was recently hit by a major rain storm, which triggered massive flooding on rivers in Oregon and Washington.

Klaus Jacob, an earth scientist at Columbia University's Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory who pretty precisely projected the flooding a big hurricane surge could cause in New York City long before Hurricane Sandy hit, reflects in this video on the impacts on the region — including on his own storm - flooded home in Piermont, N.Y., a tiny town along the Hudson River a few miles north of the George Washington Bridge.

The prehistoric hurricanes were likely category 3 storms — like Hurricane Katrina — or category 4 storms — like Hurricane Hugo — that would be catastrophic if they hit the region today, according to Jeff Donnelly, a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and lead author of the new paper accepted for publication in Earth's Future, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.

Even now, as I'm writing this, important regions of the Midwest, the «breadbasket» of the nation, are getting hit with severe storms and flooding that will surely affect crop yields and food prices.

Southern California in particular experienced little relief due to a persistent high - pressure ridge that blocked El Niño storms from hitting the region.

On May 2nd, severe dust storms and thunderstorms hit the Indian states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and other adjoining regions.

The heaviest precipitation from the repeat storms that have struck the Golden State have hit the very region that drains to Lake Oroville, and the frequency of the storms has meant that the lake has not had a chance to recover, with water levels dropping significantly in between storms.

Hurricanes, floods and strong storms can easily hit the region, causing property damage across the board.

Chris Williamson, economist at Markit.com, said the report was surprisingly strong, given the impact of the devastating storm that hit the country's most densely populated region and the political headwinds buffeting the economy.