Sentences with phrase «subsequent flooding»

A hurricane can bring strong winds and heavy rains, as well as subsequent flooding.

The recent deluge of rain and subsequent flooding in southeast Queens have prompted state Assemblyman William Scarborough (D - St.

Record - breaking flows caused rivers to break their banks and landslides compounded subsequent flooding.

The story is interpreted as the settling of what now are islands, followed by subsequent flooding around them, which the researchers calculate would have occurred 8,200 to 9,650 years ago.

Historical and more recent extensive rainfall and subsequent flooding prompted University of Illinois researcher Ken Olson to look more closely at where the excess or diverted water goes.

The Angolan capital of Luanda was impacted on March 9th while heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding hit Lobito three days later.

The Department of Agriculture has estimated that the heavy rains and subsequent flooding along the upper Mississippi and its tributaries have caused $ 1 billion in crop losses.

New research has revealed the causes of the UK's record rainfall and subsequent flooding during the 2013 - 14 winter.

The large number of very old dwellings statewide and PA's numerous rivers (and subsequent flood plains) make getting adequate coverage more difficult for many residents.

New Orleans, a city remaking itself with perseverance and ingenuity after the devastating Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding in 2005, sought to provide high - quality educational options for the city's children through the...

The damage from Tropical Storm Irene and the subsequent flooding has affected more than 100,000 acres of farmland in the state.

Cuomo on Sunday indicated he would be ready to call a special session of the Legislature if FEMA aid — which does not require approval from Congress — failes to come to New York following the rainstorms and subsequent flooding.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today that he is asking the Obama administration to issue a major disaster declaration for nine Western New York counties that sustained significant damage during last month's snowstorm and subsequent flooding.

Before donating to victims of the storm and subsequent floods, Schneiderman said givers should be mindful of where the money will go and urged them to give to established charities.

«I have met with residents and attended the meeting at Winchester Community Church to hear about the hardships residents are facing as a result of the ice jam and subsequent flooding.

That fall was the wettest in the region since records began in 1766, and the subsequent flooding caused billions of dollars in damage.

The Russian heat wave of 2010, for example, was unprecedented in scale, as were the concurrent floods in Pakistan and the subsequent floods in 2011.

Maths questions related to the building of an underpass and its subsequent flooding in Belfast August 2008.

In recent years, the UK has seen unprecedented levels of rainfall and subsequent flooding, which is the world's most common natural disaster.

The severity of the disastrous weather, and subsequent flooding, has left countless people in desperate need.

Just don't overlook recent history: in the summer of 2006, more than 15 inches fell in a single week, and the subsequent floods caused an estimated $ 77 million in damages to private property.

The hurricane and subsequent flooding have been devastating to this community in eastern North Carolina.

Run - of - river configurations were selected for the Rio Madeira hydropower plants because they virtually eliminate the need for reservoirs and the subsequent flooding of land, greatly reducing the environmental footprint.

«When warm, wet air meets cold air, the water vapour turns to rain and since there is more water vapour, we are getting these very heavy rain events and subsequent flooding,» he said.

Just don't overlook recent history: in the summer of 2006, more than 15 inches fell in a single week, and the subsequent floods caused an estimated $ 77 million in damages to private property.

Your premium will likely reflect the added risk of subsequent flooding.

The subsequent flood of users overwhelming the network immediately raised questions about Ethereum's scaling challenges.

This is life in New Orleans, three years after the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the aftermath of the subsequent flooding that enveloped the city, when the protective levees «safeguarding» the area failed.

According to the FHA official site, the new measures are intended to be an expanded version of «mortgage relief to FHA - insured homeowners who live or work in areas impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria as well as California wildfires and subsequent flooding and mudslides.»