Sentences with phrase «than a storm in»

It appears that all of the concern and consternation coming from the Arsenal camp over the injury to the Chile international Alexis Sanchez may have been nothing more than a storm in a teacup, with a bit of thigh bandaging thrown in for good measure.

Thunderstorms directly above two of the world's busiest shipping lanes are significantly more powerful than storms in areas of the ocean where ships don't travel, according to new research.

Scientists say the record was all the more striking as 2007 had near perfect climate patterns for melting ice, but that the weather this year was unremarkable other than a storm in early August.

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that might result in an even «badder» deal than his predecessor signed with Iran or forcing him to storm out of the negotiations in a huff.

Hurricane Maria was the most powerful storm to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years, swallowing houses, flooding neighborhoods and leaving millions without power.

Forecasters predict that Hurricane Harvey could slam the Texas coast right before the weekend as a Category 3 storm, bringing winds in excess of 125 mph and dumping more than 25 inches of rain.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, down in public polls by more than 20 points to Hillary Clinton in the state, stormed to an upset win over the former secretary of state.

In the meantime, the company has had to spend more than $ 60,000 raising and rebuilding the bulkheads, installing reinforced pilings that can withstand big storm surges, raising electrical sockets up to waist level, and rebuilding its repairs warehouse with waterproof materials, like impermeable sheetrock and rigid foam insulation.

Rossello highlighted how the island's electrical grid, which was severely dilapidated even prior to the storms, was obsolete and working off of a generation system that was 28 years older than the average electric power utility in the United States.

Indeed, nowhere are the barricades being stormed more aggressively than in PG&E's home, California, whose mandate for change is more audacious than any other state's: Its law requires that 50 % of utilities» power be generated by renewable sources by 2030.

President Barack Obama on Thursday signed an emergency declaration for Florida because of the storm, which has already killed more than 20 people in Caribbean countries.

Driving is already dangerous enough, especially in this season of winter storm warnings, but it turns out your car may contain more hidden hazards than you realize.

The projected losses would more than double the $ 125 million blow Delta Air Lines Inc. suffered when it canceled about 4,000 flights after April storms in Atlanta.

That unit topped the roughly 34,000 rounds fired in support of the invasion of Iraq, and it fired a little over half of the more than 60,000 rounds fired by the over 730 howitzers the Army and Marines used to support Operation Desert Storm, according to historical records seen by Marine Corps Times.

Joseph Lhota, the former chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)-- he resigned just a few days ago in preparation for a mayoral bid — jumped into action after the storm and got the subways running again within less than three days.

On Thursday, the storm grounded more than 3,000 flights, prompted states of emergency in parts of New York and New Jersey and closed schools from Philadelphia to Boston.

Six months later, Silvercorp has weathered the storm, but at a cost of more than $ 2 million in investigation, audit and legal fees, as well as immeasurable stress.

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.

When it comes to preparing for the long term, women face a «perfect storm» financially: They are paid less than men are on average, typically have more gaps in employment, engage in more part - time employment and are often more risk - averse investors.

Hurricane Maria was the most powerful storm to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years — swallowing houses, flooding neighborhoods and leaving millions without power.

As the wettest storm on record in US history bore down in the last days of August — dropping five feet of rain in some areas — completely inundating Houston, killing more than 70 people, and damaging almost 200,000 homes, at least five prisons on the east coast of Texas were evacuated.

More than 18 months after Apple Pay took the United States by storm, the smartphone giant has made only a small dent in the global payments market, snagged by technical challenges, low consumer take - up and resistance from banks.

Most of the deaths occurred as people slept in houses that collapsed overnight

Severe dust storms across northern India have killed more than 100 people, destroyed homes and left hundreds without electricity.

«Sandy event is much more severe... and has impacted NYC to a much worse degree than Irene,» RMS said in a storm report early Tuesday.

BERLIN — Throughout the month, countries caught in the eye of the European financial storm, including Italy, Spain and France, have repeatedly defied expectations, selling big batches of bonds to the public at interest rates significantly lower than investors demanded at the height of the euro crisis late last year.

Irma, which has now weakened to a tropical storm, has killed more than 60 people in its rampage through the Caribbean and the Southeastern United States.

More than 130,000 homes were damaged in the storm; nearly 28,000 were completely destroyed or incurred major damage.

The storm dumped more than nine trillion gallons of water on Houston, the equivalent of a years» worth of rainfall in four - and - a-half days.

Canada managed the financial storm of 2008 better than others because we anticipated risks and acted proactively with public policy foresight, responsible oversight of our financial industry, and better decisions and performance by financial service providers and our clients than was the case in other countries.

(A New York Times analysis of the same data from Puerto Rico's Vital Statistics System also found that in the 42 days after the storm hit, 1,052 more people than usual died across the island.)

«The numbers fluctuate every 20 years or so where we have more tropical storms than in a quiet period,» Erickson said.

More than 36 people in the region have been reported dead from the storm, and emergency responders are expecting the recovery to take years.

Maria, however, blew out windows at some hospitals and police stations, turned some streets into roaring rivers and destroyed hundreds of homes across Puerto Rico, including 80 percent of houses in a small fishing community near the San Juan Bay, which unleashed a storm surge of more than 4 feet.

However, Harvey was a storm system that dropped more rainfall than any other system in U.S. history.

It's been less than two weeks since Hurricane Irma slammed into the Eastern Caribbean as a Category 4 storm, devastating many of the tiny islands in its path before barreling into Florida.

Harvey dumped more than 4 feet of rain on Houston, setting a new record for the greatest amount of rain recorded from a single tropical storm or hurricane in the continental United States.

Miami Beach has a $ 400 million storm pump system in place, and Palm Beach regulations call for a 7.5 - foot building elevation, which is half a foot taller than the federal height requirement.

Damage and flooding was reported in some coastal communities that saw more than 500,000 people evacuate ahead of the storm.

The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade came ashore late Friday about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi as a mammoth Category 4 storm with 130 mph (209 kph) winds.

The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade spun across hundreds of miles of coastline where communities had prepared for life - threatening storm surges — walls of water rushing inland.

One day, when he was in Rio on summer vacation from Harvard, a powerful storm had created waves more than 30 feet tall that broke perilously late, right on the beach.

The Russian forex has practically halved in benefit considering that the summer as it faces a «perfect storm» of lower oil rates, looming economic downturn and Western sanctions more than Ukraine.

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Dust storms, scorching temperatures and lengthy delivery times have put the Pentagon's new drone base in the Sahara in Niger more than a year behind schedule and $ 22 million over its original budget.

Initial coin offerings took the world of digital currencies and crowdfunding by storm in 2017, having managed to raise funds worth more than $ 5 billion during this timeframe.

NHC had not yet issued a storm surge watch for the coasts of northern Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina as of 5 pm EDT Friday, but I expect the surge will be at least 3 - 5 feet in much of this region, which is lower than the 4 - 8 foot levels observed last October during Hurricane Matthew.

(Reuters)- More than 18 months after Apple Pay took the United States by storm, the smartphone giant has made only a small dent in the global payments market, snagged by technical challenges, low consumer take - up and resistance from banks.

The storm caused more than $ 100 billion in damage; some later estimates peg that number at over $ 150 billion.

For example, PBF Energy, a company with refining assets in the U.S. Northeast and Midwest, has seen its share price jump by more than 25 percent since the storm hit the Gulf Coast.

The shipment contained more than 3 tons of urgently needed medical aid for patients with storm - related illnesses and injuries, as well as chronic disease medicine to replace medications lost in the storm.