Sentences with phrase «when floodwaters»

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.

He'd been walking home from school when the floodwaters came from all sides.

When floodwaters finally hit the Memorial Medical Center in Uptown New Orleans, the chaos over evacuations led to dozens of deaths, some at the hands of nurses.

A vacationing family is torn apart when the floodwaters of the 2004 Tsunami crash over their Thailand hotel.

And when floodwaters rise, a colony can float to safety by making an unusual boat.

«During the rainy season when floodwaters hit, the Puebloans would capture runoff water from small canyons known as the Rincons and local arroyos (periodic streams) such as Chaco Wash and the Escavada Wash..

It lives in underground aquifers in Slovenia, surfacing only when floodwaters sweep it from its lair.

When the floodwaters evaporated, the millimetre of silt left behind became the youngest stratum in a succession of sediment layers that is today about 1.5 kilometres thick.

For years, when floodwaters swamped the elementary school, dedicated teachers improvised classrooms in whatever spaces were available, including parks and private homes.

When the floodwaters recede, the building settles back in its original location.

Female narrator: When the floodwaters devastated our community, George Amedore was there helping, day after day.

When the floodwaters recede and Houston looks toward repairing and rebuilding its damaged infrastructure, there very may well be state and local officials advocating for more mitigation projects.

Last week, when floodwaters surged into Greater Downtown Miami's Brickell financial district and Coconut Grove, as well as Fort Lauderdale's Las Olas Boulevard, Cervera Real Estate's marketing team kick - started a campaign called «Keep Calm Miami Is Still Strong.»

The blast was caused when floodwater washed stored fuel into a nearby fire while victims were sheltering from torrential rain.

Not exact matches

So far, only a handful of deaths have been formally confirmed, but when combined with suspected deaths, US media reported that the toll could be 30 so far — and still rising — as floodwaters recede in some areas and bodies are found.

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.

The HSUS Animal Rescue Team helped farm animals trapped by floodwaters, pets who ran away when winds blew out windows and doors and shelter animals who needed a ride to safety.

Even when farmers near Darwin were surrounded by floodwaters, they still got their produce to market.

When faced with rushing floodwaters, fire ants are known to build two types of structures.

As to when farmers, organic or conventional, can replant fields inundated with floodwaters, the FDA suggests waiting at least 60 days to ensure contaminants aren't still in the soil.

The two survive the wind damage of Katrina but, when the levees break, have to flee to the rooftop of Miss Martine's battered home to escape the floodwaters.

Otherwise you're fussing about a dripping faucet when your basement is knee - deep in floodwater.

When feed needs can not be met via vehicle or boat for animals marooned by floodwaters, the Texas Army National Guard has flown in and air dropped more than 210,000 pounds of hay, generously donated by individuals across the state and nation.

When needs can not be met by boat or vehicle, the Texas Army National Guard has flown in and air dropped more than 210,000 pounds of hay, generously donated by individuals across the state and nation, to livestock marooned by floodwaters.

At Clearing, Ryan Foerster eschews his usual all - over-the-place installations for a neat row of photographs, the better to emphasize the entropy within the images: They are portraits that turned abstract when hit by Hurricane Sandy's floodwaters at Mr. Foerster's Brighton Beach studio.

When you are up to your navel in floodwaters, will you still be proclaiming it's no big deal?

IRIN: When asked what resilience means, the head of city planning for the Philippines» second largest city, Davao, said that for Filipinos it means how high floodwater reaches before they agree to be evacuated.

The entire flood plain, including the floodway, does its job of storing and carrying away floodwater a lot better when there's nothing in the way.

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