Sentences with phrase «through floodwaters»

People ride on country boats through the floodwaters to catch a ferry along the river Brahmaputra in Nimatighat, about 322 kilometers (201 miles) east of Gauhati, India.

Gabby Aviles carries her daughter Audrey through floodwaters outside their apartment in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015.

People walk through floodwaters on Telephone Road in Houston on Sunday after 2 feet of rain from Hurricane Harvey pummeled the Gulf Coast.

Many tornadoes tracked near or through floodwaters and many may have crossed paths.

A young woman strides through floodwaters on her way to church on a Sunday morning in Igbogeni in Bayelsa State, one of the 14 states affected between July and November 2012 when Nigeria experienced its worst flooding in half a century.

Not exact matches

After Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, millions of Americans have found out the hard way how close they are to toxic waste and how easily they can be exposed as harmful chemicals that leech into floodwaters and wash through homes.

Hurricane Maria whipped through Puerto Rico, leaving a path of destruction and dangerous floodwaters in its wake.

It said in a statement issued Friday that the floodwater has mixed with human excreta and «flowing through people's homes».

The uninflated plug integrates seamlessly into a subway tunnel without impeding the flow of normal train traffic, but can be quickly inflated to stop water from rushing through the tunnel and remain inflated to withstand the incredible pressure of restrained floodwaters.

Cohen says that according to the historical accounts, it took Emperor Yu 22 years to bring the floodwaters under control through massive dredging operations, after which he established the dynasty marking China's transition to modernisation.

Expedition member and GERG scientist Kathryn Shamberger, a Texas A&M oceanographer who took measurements at the reef in late September, said the team is collaborating with scientists across Texas to track the plume of Harvey floodwater as it migrates through the Gulf.

Dr. Philip Keiser with the Galveston County Health District says bacteria from Harvey debris or floodwater entered the man's body through a wound or cut.

Carving its way through the toxic industrial area of New Helghan, the Stormgracht is a maze of broken and discarded junk that the floodwaters have washed down over the years.

Talk to many of our Climate Reality Leaders and you'll hear a story about the moment climate science went from a dry subject in textbooks to the feeling of floodwaters soaking through jeans or the sight of wildfires leaping from house to house.

The same article in the local newspaper quoted ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods praising employees who «pored over technical blueprints» of the facilities «while floodwaters poured through their kitchens» at home, and noted that while many workers did all they could to provide expert help from their homes, many others had been stranded at work and forced to set up temporary living quarters.

Floodwaters rushed down the Hudson River Valley; past modern Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island; through an earthen dam where the Verrazanno - Narrows Bridge now stands; and across another hundred miles into the North Atlantic.

If the damage is caused by both rainwater and flood then you may still be able to get your claim paid where, for example, the rainwater entered your house first or the damage was caused by rainwater coming through a hole in the roof (even if floodwater entered the house as well).

Homeowners insurance policies do not provide coverage for flood damage; only a flood insurance policy through the NFIP can protect your investment when floodwaters rise.