Sentences with phrase «tidal floods by»

From Miami to Washington DC, towns and cities on America's east coast could see triple the number of tidal floods by 2030 as sea levels rise, say researchers.

By 2015, that relatively minor sea level rise had increased tidal flooding by 50 percent.

Not exact matches

And, though Buscher had seen the place safely through multiple floods, tidal waves, and Hurricanes Iwa and Dot during her tenure, the immense damage done by Iniki closed the Coco Palms for good.

Monaco was the next race of the season and it was characterised by freak tidal wave on the first lap, which flooded the harbour and caused almost half of the field to retire.

But you can follow the example of the massive Thames Barrier that has been built in London [10 steel gates that prevent the city from being flooded by tidal surges].

By absorbing the force of strong winds and tides, wetlands protect terrestrial areas adjoining them from storms, floods, and tidal damage.

A separate study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, released earlier this year, projected that tidal flooding in East and Gulf coast states will only get worse.

Modeling Animation: Storm - tide flooding of the Battery in New York City through several tidal cycles during Hurricane Sandy as modeled by Professor Harry Wang and colleagues at VIMS.

A flood is defined as «surface water, waves, including tidal wave and tsunami, tides, tidal water, overflow of any body of water, or spray from any of these, all whether or not driven by wind, including storm surge».

We define nuisance flooding as occurring when the water level at a NOAA tidal gauge exceeds the local threshold for minor flooding impacts that has been established by the local Weather Forecasting Offices (WFO) of the National Weather Service (NWS).

«The planet has been through a lot worse than us... been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles, hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages — and we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference?»

In many coastal cities, tidal flooding is recurring much more frequently today than only a few years ago, because of the small but inexorable year - by - year rise in sea levels, and the rate of recurrence is accelerating (Sweet and Park 2014).

Five Florida communities - Cape Sable (the southern point of the peninsula), Key Biscayne, Key West, the Lower Keys and the Middle Keys - could experience recurring tidal flooding unrelated to any storm events by 2035, according to their study.

The people of Bangladesh would then have to address this constant flooding issue by either running from the tidal wave (the natural human reaction) or somehow economically prevent the flooding (perhaps by somesortof off - shore engineering).

This additional earthquake protection covers all direct physical losses or damage to your property caused by an earthquake, except those caused by tidal waves, floods, surface water or waterborne objects, whether or not they are attributable to an earthquake The additional earthquake coverage also covers living expenses, such as accommodation rental, additional cost of food and transportation for you and your family while your home is being repaired (some eligibility rules may apply).

Natural Disaster is defined as widespread disruption of human lives by disasters such as flood, drought, tidal wave, fire, hurricane, earthquake, windstorm, or other storm, landslide, or other natural catastrophe or event resulting in migration of the population for its safety.