Sentences with phrase «weather damages in»

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 MonDamage 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 Mondamage 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 AdministratioIn 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 Administratioin 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 cycleIn an even worse mass - bleaching event in 2001 — 2002, the global damage also confirmed a close connection with El Niño weather cyclein 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.
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