The organizations says that
weather damages in 2013 cost the industry $ 3 billion — the largest payout after years of costs in the one to two billion dollar range.
Those days are gone, as it was shut down due to
weather damage in 1999.
Not exact matches
Hal Needham, a hurricane scientist at Louisiana State University, wrote
in a blog post on the
weather site WXshift that a storm's category doesn't fully convey how dangerous rainfall could be and how much
damage it could cause.
Even after a drop
in commodities this month, seven of eight tracked by the Standard & Poor's GSCI Agriculture Index are higher than a year earlier as adverse
weather damages crops, rising demand erodes inventories and a weak dollar boosts demand for U.S. exports.
And some maintenance recommendations: avoid riding this electric kick scooter
in a rainy
weather (water might
damage the motor), wear a protective outfit.
Will cutting rates really boost the sectors that did much of the
damage to April's GDP report like resources (can't influence commodities), utilities (can't influence
weather, with utilities output just coming off a large surge
in Jan / Feb) and manufacturing (bigger challenges than CAD)?
A single
weather event is nondiscriminatory
in the
damage it can cause,» Larsen says.
As the storm hits many of same places that have been battered by hurricane Irma, Hull said the repetitive
damage is worse than
weather in previous years.
Reality... Sorry to fail you It turned to have been a small internal bleeding
in the personality sector of my brain that had left me unconscious for more than three days
in hospital... but thanks to mercy of God and prayers of my family I was able to recover with out any
damages what so ever... Any way only today I managed to get an internet line to communicate herewith tonight from Amman, Jordan... It is a pleasant
weather here cool and rainy wet...!
The skunks are no longer
in full rut and the threat of crop
damaging cold
weather has passed.
As part of this past weekend's wild
weather, more
damage was reported Monday
in Sun City and
in the Temecula Valley Wine Country, with microbursts the likely culprit
in both cases.
Hailstorms Badly
Damage French Vineyards, Mainly Cognac May 30 severe weather, including hailstorms, caused serious damage at the weekend in some French wine - producing regions, notably Cognac where up to 8 percent of the vineyard has been badly damaged, producers said on Mon
Damage French Vineyards, Mainly Cognac May 30 severe
weather, including hailstorms, caused serious
damage at the weekend in some French wine - producing regions, notably Cognac where up to 8 percent of the vineyard has been badly damaged, producers said on Mon
damage at the weekend
in some French wine - producing regions, notably Cognac where up to 8 percent of the vineyard has been badly
damaged, producers said on Monday...
Both Chile and Argentina are reporting lower crop projections, as frost and other
weather issues appear to have
damaged yield potential
in both markets.
Weathering the Storm: With California stuck
in extreme drought and last year's barley crop
damaged by heavy rain, climate change is posing serious problems for the brewing industry.
This is a durable toy that can hold up to exposure to the
weather very well and won't become
damaged when used
in a variety of different places.
The legislation would specifically amend Section 58 of the State Highway Law, which immunizes the state from «liability for
damages arising from defects
in its highways» during cold -
weather months.
With long - range
weather forecasts starting to talk about winter
weather, Erie County's commissioner of public works says the county's roads are
in pretty good shape with most of last winter's
damage repaired.
It was
in late June and early July that floodwaters caused severe
damage in parts of the Mohawk Valley, and the recovery continues as the cold
weather moves
in.
Following Tuesday's severe
weather in the Hudson Valley, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo toured storm
damage in Putnam County and delivered a recovery update Wednesday.
ability of absorbing moderate
damage in future (+3 C, 50 cm higher sea level and possibly a bit more cases of extreme
weather in a century?
Ceredigion's Welsh Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams has asked the Secretary of State for Wales
in today Question session
in the House of Commons, about additions funds for Ceredigion and other flood and storm
damaged areas of the UK, following the recent
weather.
There were no tornadoes
in Dutchess County, though the southern portion of the county sustained substantial
damage from straight - line winds that the
weather service said exceeded 100 mph
in some spots.
In a statement, Allen said officials have been working «to document
damages caused by the severe
weather system that impacted much of upstate New York throughout the summer.
It's water resistant so you can use
in rainy
weather without worrying about
damage.
Even better, this scope resists water and fog and is shock - proof, so you don't need to fret about wear and tear or water
damage, and you'll be able to hunt, even
in imperfect
weather.
Violent space
weather treated many to a fantastic display of colorful auroras, but
damaged power grids left six million Canadians
in the dark
Near the halfway point, 2011 has already seen eight
weather - related disasters
in the U.S. that caused more than $ 1 billion
in damages
Most warranties won't cover
weather damage, but they will replace or refund your purchase if there's a defect somewhere
in production.
In the U.S., more than 200 weather and climate disasters have exceeded $ 1 billion in damages since 1980, with a total cost exceeding $ 1.2 trillion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio
In the U.S., more than 200
weather and climate disasters have exceeded $ 1 billion
in damages since 1980, with a total cost exceeding $ 1.2 trillion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio
in damages since 1980, with a total cost exceeding $ 1.2 trillion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Besides Amundsen's, there was the Japanese expedition under Lieut. Shirase, which had to retreat to Australia last spring
in order to replenish its supply of dogs, and which Amundsen says landed on January 16th at the Bay of Whales, two weeks before he sailed for home; Dr. Mawson's Australian expedition, for which $ 215,000 had been raised up to November 1st last, and which was to land three parties between Cape Adare and Gaussberg; the German expedition under Lieut. Filchner
in the «Deutschland,» elaborately equipped with wireless, magnetic, and meteorological apparatus, full of the hope of establishing a base southwest of Coats Land
in as high a latitude as possible; and lastly, Capt. Scott's English expedition
in the «Terra Nova,» which left New Zealand
in November, 1910, badly
damaged by stormy
weather; so badly, indeed, that the necessary repairs and the cost of making good the stores that had been lost seriously depleted the resources of the party.
Said Dr Tom Evans, WCS Director of Forest Conservation and Climate and joint lead author of the study: «Even if all global targets to halt deforestation were met, humanity might be left with only degraded,
damaged forests,
in need of costly and sometimes unfeasible restoration, open to a cascade of further threats and perhaps lacking the resilience needed to
weather the stresses of climate change.
The UN climate talks
in Warsaw have ended with an agreement to protect vulnerable populations against the «loss and
damage» caused by extreme
weather
Travelling at up to 23 - 30 knots, fast ships are especially vulnerable to waves that amplify suddenly due to local
weather and sea conditions — extreme funnelling effects, for example, may turn waves a few metres high into dangerous waves tens of metres tall that can destabilise ships, resulting
in damage, causing injuries and threatening lives.
In an even worse mass - bleaching event in 2001 — 2002, the global damage also confirmed a close connection with El Niño weather cycle
In an even worse mass - bleaching event
in 2001 — 2002, the global damage also confirmed a close connection with El Niño weather cycle
in 2001 — 2002, the global
damage also confirmed a close connection with El Niño
weather cycles.
As noted
in this study,
in 2012 there were 11
weather and climate billion - dollar disaster events across the United States, including superstorm Sandy, causing 377 deaths and more than $ 110 billion
in damages.
Thanks to a relatively quiet Atlantic hurricane season,
damage caused by extreme
weather was actually lower
in 2011 than
in four of the previous five years.
The lack of correlation between spruce beetle infestation and severe fire
damage suggests that factors such as topography and
weather conditions play a larger role
in determining the severity of Colorado's subalpine wildfires.
Texas experienced blackouts
in February 2011, as colder - than - average winter
weather simultaneously increased demand for electricity and
damaged coal - fired power plants and wind turbines.
Such extreme
weather caused more than $ 140 billion
in damages in 2012.
Fourteen extreme
weather and climate events
in 2011 — from the Joplin tornado to hurricane flooding and blizzards — each caused more than $ 1 billion
in damages.
«Supercells are more prone to produce severe
weather events, including
damaging straight line winds and large hail,» said Sarah Stough, a UAH graduate student
in atmospheric science.
In an effort to understand how extreme
weather causes structural
damage, four Japanese organisations — the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), the Building Research Institute, the University of Tokyo and the Disaster Prevention Research Institute at Kyoto University — have been developing a tornado simulator.
«This brings us hope that the likelihood of extreme
weather events that are
damaging to society can be predicted further
in advance.»
Environmental monitoring inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang
in northwest China is revealing how the
weather, wind and visitors are
damaging its wall paintings and clay statues.
Germanwatch, a think - tank partly funded by the German government, said poor nations had suffered most from extreme
weather in the past two decades, and worldwide, extreme
weather had killed 530,000 people and caused
damage of more than $ 2.5 trillion.
Hurricanes, the largest and most
damaging weather events, peak
in late autumn, when winds coming off the coast of West Africa meet thunderstorms clustered over the warm tropical ocean.
Remaining issues include mechanisms for transparency that would ensure nations live up to their commitments, how much money will be available to help struggling nations adapt to climate change or deal with loss and
damage from extreme
weather, and whether commitments will be revisited and made more ambitious
in the future.
Better understanding of the distances these killer spores travel could help researchers correlate the fungus» range with
weather patterns to better predict how bad gypsy moth
damage will be
in a given year.
The insurance industry's response to climatic change, including the rating of
weather damage risks, was a matter for the industry itself to decide on
in the light of its underwriting experience and commercial understanding.
Hatton said exposure to chronic stress has long been associated with biological
weathering and premature aging, linked, for example, to oxidative and mitochondrial
damage in cells, impaired immune system response and genomic changes.