Sentences with phrase «wind and water storms»

Not exact matches

But the mountains might have also caused the storm to wring out more water and intensify winds while it was traversing the island.

Wind and storm, fire and smoke, water release and mold - we've got you covered.

God is victorious over the wildness of water, storms and wind.

The researchers do know that the presence of certain aerosols plays a large role in the formation of ice that leads to precipitation, but they also need to tease out the importance of that with other factors, like the amount of available water vapor and vertical storm winds.

They identified wind patterns that mixed the warmer surface and colder deep waters to cool the ocean's surface and reduce the intensity of the storm.

But, buffeted by winds and the threat of storm - water flooding, these apartments are subsidized housing, reserved for the poor.

It is mainly driven by the wind — which pushes water landward — and the low pressure of the storm that causes the water to arch like a convex lens.

But climate change has brought milder winters, warmer sea temperatures and bigger storms, which create a vicious cycle that promises less sea ice and more wind and open water to generate ice - crushing waves.

A new study has found that turbulent mixing in the deep waters of the Southern Ocean, which has a profound effect on global ocean circulation and climate, varies with the strength of surface eddies — the ocean equivalent of storms in the atmosphere — and possibly also wind speeds.

While hurricane hunter aircraft can help determine wind speed, velocity, water temperature and other data, the fact is we often don't know why or how a storm gets stronger or weaker.

This relatively sudden rise of normal sea level occurs when storm winds and tides combine to transport large volumes of water to coastal areas.

Fueled by abnormally warm waters and low wind shear, Irma was first a Category 5 storm, meaning it could sustain winds of at least 157 miles (252 kilometers) per hour.

Partly in response to the winds of the Walker circulation, warm water in the western Pacific creates storms that send a mass of warm air east, up and over the trade winds.

(While the Gulf's waters are very warm, a boon to hurricanes, the area's low humidity and high wind shear aren't conducive to storm formation.)

Heavy winds and flying debris are bad, but the storm surge (the onshore rush of water caused by a hurricanes swirling winds) and flooding from rainfall can be just as dangerous as wind.

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The game charges players with saving the imaginary planet Helios from ecological destruction by carrying out missions to supply solar, wind, and water power before severe storms wreak havoc.

According to the sheriff's office, the girl and her 8 - year - old cousin were floating on the water with an inflatable water toy when a winds from a sudden storm «pushed the girls away from shore.»

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».

Through all of the rain storms all of the wind and all of the elements and other animals raccoons, possums and an occasional Fox or two not one drop of water has ever gotten into the shelters and you can tell because the towel is never wet or even damp in any way.

«Our thoughts and prayers are with all the people and pets affected by this devastating storm,» said Susana Della Maddalena, executive director of PetSmart Charities, Inc. «These supplies will enable local animal welfare groups to help those who were hurt most by the damaging winds and water of Hurricane Sandy.»

Conditions went a bit messy and unorganized at the beginning of the week, as the tail of the storm in Belize reached south into Costa Rica, bringing lots of water and some wind.

They provide essential breeding grounds and nurseries for commercially important fish; mangroves and the adjacent seagrass beds retain and filter sediment from river runoff, increasing the clarity of water on the reefs; they are the first line of storm defence, absorbing the power of the wind.

Get a load of this: you need to gather resources, secure food, ration water, look after your mental health, fight diseases and salve wounds, and fight against storms and droughts.

Incidentally, Revkin's conclusions are in direct conflict with what Greg Holland, a division director at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, said at yesterday's American Meteorological Society's 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology in Monterey, California on Monday (April 24): that the wind and warmer water conditions that fuel storms that form in the Caribbean are «increasingly due to greenhouse gases.

As I watched TV reports showing wind - driven waters sloshing over the floodwalls in several spots around New Orleans today, from a hurricane whose highest surge missed the city, and as I read John Schwartz's sobering report from the Army Corps of Engineers war room, I couldn't help returning to a question that has dogged me since I wrote about the swamping of that storied city in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina — which, like Gustav, was not even close to a worst - case storm.

Products needed by those vulnerable to rising seas and stormier weather associated with climate change include: (1) desalination capacities for drinking water (2) soil washing and / or new crops to deal with salinization of soils from rising seas flooding them and then receding (3) shelters from wind and storm surges that would not require people to abandon their possessions and animals to the forces of nature they are trying to escape

The bamboo houses they live are too weak to weather the 120 - mph wind and 12 - feet - high storm water.

This path is just one of many possible outcomes, and vagaries in winds and water temperatures will most likely take the storm somewhere else.

The ocean waters throughout the North Atlantic are warmer than average, the trade winds are lighter, and there is no El Niño event in the Pacific to ramp up high altitude winds that can tear nascent storms apart.

Both are driven by polar storms and winds penetrating deep into low latitudes and funneling winds and currents to the cold water upwelling regions of the eastern Pacific.

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On average, storm wind speeds had increased by 1.3 metres a second and there were 6.1 fewer tropical storms a year worldwide than there would have been if land and water temperatures had remained constant.

Winds and storms pushing into lower latitudes spin up the gyres pushing cold polar water into the Californian and Peruvian currents facilitating deep ocean upwelling.

In contrast, while many African countries experience a similar trend in rapid urban coastal growth, the level of economic development is generally lower and consequently the capacity to adapt is smaller Coastal industries, their supporting infrastructure including transport (ports, roads, rail and airports), power and water supply, storm water and sewerage are highly sensitive to a range of extreme weather and climate events including temporary and permanent flooding arising from extreme precipitation, high winds, storm surges and sea level rise.

The same winds also bring newer, colder water closer to the atmosphere, which usually serves to drain energy and weaken the storm.

The extra boost from the warmer water is adding even more energy into this storm system, increasing the availability and transport of moisture toward land and producing more efficient wind gusts to the surface.

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The tide must be high, and ferocious winds must pile up the water to unusual heights at the same time: this is the storm surge.

While the action may be understandably focused on measures directly related to storm survival of our built environment from wind and flood damage, systemic failures of water, transportation, power and other services — legislative efforts thus far have focused on the symptoms of our problems and not the root causes.

Surveying Trash, Pointing Fingers Clean Water Action worked to identify trash collected in the streets of San Jose, South San Francisco, Richmond and Oakland — trash that often ends up in the bay after being blown there by the wind or traveling through storm drains during rainfall.

From the beginning, there were serious concerns within the scientific community (both research and operational) about the viability of passive microwave measurements of ocean surface vector winds, especially in storms and in other areas of rain and large amounts of cloud liquid water.

The spread of warm waters across the Pacific in collaboration with changing winds in turn promotes evaporative cooling of the ocean, moistening the atmosphere, and fueling tropical storms and convection over and around the anomalously warm waters.

The plaintiff husband, a former Philadelphia sports figure, and his wife claimed that a storm with strong winds «racked» their 5,000 square foot home, causing interior water damage and structural defects.

If you live in a coastal area, you may not be covered for damage caused by storm surge (usually defined as «a rush of water onshore caused by strong winds pushing on the ocean's surface) and / or movements caused by the sea (usually with the exception of tsunamis).

Though the town is quite a way inland from the Gulf, hurricanes and storms can still cause high winds, water damage, and the usual suspects that make insurance companies jack up the rates.

«Homeowners insurance may cover losses to covered property caused by weather (storms, fire, wind, hail, lightning, freezing, weight of ice, snow, or sleet), non-weather (theft, vandalism, riots, aircraft, and vehicles), and sudden / accidental (water from plumbing, tearing / bulging of heating or cooling systems, artificially generated electrical current),» says Jordi Ortega, State Farm Media Relations Specialist.

With rental coverage, you can protect your belongings from damage caused by smoke, fire, landslides, earthquakes, water damage, storm damage, wind, hail, sleet, snow damage, electrical and faulty plumbing accidents, theft, vandalism, civil commotion and other natural disasters.

«Claim frequency and severity of the claim play a considerable role is determining rates, especially if there's more than one claim relating to the same issue like water damage, wind storms, etc.,» says Bank.

This includes protection from earthquakes, landslides, tornadoes, sleet, snow, ice, hail, storm, wind damage, theft, vandalism, broken pipes, faulty plumbing, fire, water damage and many other accidental disasters that can impact your contents.