Sentences with phrase «with flash floods»

In reality, Kansas homeowners must deal with much more than tornadoes — they also have to contend with flash floods, lightning strikes, frigid winter weather, and the occasional drought.

People in large patches of the Midwest and the South had to contend with flash floods and hail the size of softballs as the storm that has been described as «hell on earth» pushed through their communities.

Most flood - related deaths in the U.S. are associated with flash floods.

With flash flood warnings blaring from cellphones, social media filled up with photos and videos of rain pouring down station staircases and onto platforms.

More help will be needed in the near future, as the Washington Post and Guardian have reported that Hurricane Maria caused devastating damage to Puerto Rico on Wednesday, with flash flooding and 100 percent of residents without power.

Living in Nashua, NH has a lot of perks, but homeowners will also face some challenges with heavy snowfall in the winter and occasional problems with flash flooding and wildfires.

These severe storms can wreak havoc with flash flooding, wind damage and even fires.

Not exact matches

Prosecco Blamed for Italy Flood Deaths The tragic deaths of four people swept away by flash floods in northern Italy have been blamed by critics on the regions burgeoning Prosecco industry accused of over-planting and damaging the lands ability to deal with rainwater...

The nights are filled with rumbling and flashing lights, with rain that floods the sidewalks and streets and leaves a ticker of weather warnings scrolling across the bottom of the television screen.

Many parts of Nassau and Suffolk Counties were inundated, with dozens of flash floods reported, drivers rescued from submerged cars and many roadways closed during the morning rush.

Flash floods impacted parts of the region Friday night, with some counties calling it the worst storm in years.

«With heavy rain and possible flash flooding expected in parts of the state, I urge all New Yorkers to take extreme caution, including closely monitoring local radio and television for weather alerts and listening to the advice of local officials,» Governor Cuomo said.

«NWS research efforts are focused on doing a better job of assimilating our radar data with our observational data to improve our flash flood warning service.»

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO — Flash floods impacted parts of the region Friday night, with some counties calling it the worst storm in years.

The plan for policing J'Ouvert — a Caribbean festival meaning «day break» that is observed in the very early morning of Labor Day to celebrate the start of carnival — includes officially issuing a permit for the event for the first time ever, flooding the neighborhood with about 200 portable light towers and parking more patrol cars with lights flashing in the area to deter those who may want to do harm, said NYPD Chief of Department James O'Neill.

Kristen Rasmussen, who studies flash flooding at the University of Washington in Seattle, says it would be really useful to combine the drone system with existing models that take account of terrain and how the water moves.

When combined with radar and other satellite data, GLM data may help forecasters anticipate severe weather and issue flood and flash flood warnings sooner.

The onslaught triggered flash floods that tore through towns, sweeping away cars and leaving streets clogged with debris.

This is a great location where flash floods have cut across the soft Supai sandstone and the creek now hosts a fast stream with beautiful pools — in the summer crowded with bathing families, but pleasantly serene in the Fall.

Regardless of the end - of - the - world steamy and flash flood - inducing weather here in the Northeast, Sunday Supper is providing some respite today with some refreshingly cool recipes.

Explosion, purposely - lit fire, man beaten with tree branch, threatened hanging, flash flood with some surviving while others presumed dead.

At any moment, a flood of disconnected flashes invade the screen, with no way to know that they're coming.

If you've been in the desert and are familiar with canyons and gullies carved out from hard rock, then you'll know there's a danger of flash floods.

The boisterousness of the film's finale, with its sieges and rescues, its lightning bolts and flash floods, relieves what would otherwise be an almost unbearably sad evocation of what is least preservable about youthful experience: not so much the loss of that «innocence» that is such a hackneyed motif of modern American culture (and for which summer camps have always been a favored location) but the awakening of the first radiance of mature intelligence in a world liable to be indifferent or hostile to it, an intelligence that can conceive everything and realize only the tiniest fragment of it.

This season's 20 brand spankin» new episodes will flash images across your retinas and flood your brains with an overabundance of mind - melting pop culture spoofery that will most likely cause your head to explode and leave a stain on the couch that will never come out (sorry Mom)!

Hence, on putting his hand on Cowles» shoulder, the viewer gets a flash - frame of Abbie Cornish with red blood seeming to flood from a spot above her forehead.

The narrow track snakes between alkali - white hills and jagged sand sculptures creased with flash - flood washouts.

With the recent flash floods in Gauteng, many motorists were left in a panic — and with lots of questiWith the recent flash floods in Gauteng, many motorists were left in a panic — and with lots of questiwith lots of questions.

Flash floods with fast - moving water that can reach 15 feet or higher can be destructive and deadly, but a few inches of flooding can still result in thousands of dollars in damages to homes and personal property.

And it's little wonder why: Today's consumer is bombarded with more stimulus to shop than ever before with flash sales, retailers putting deals on social media platforms, and sales and coupons flooding email inboxes all day and all night long.

The weather service, according to news reports, issued a flash flood warning at 2 a.m. Friday, but it was of little help to the sleeping campers in the hilly region with scant cell - phone service.

The nightmarish flash floods in southwestern Arkansas early Friday morning that swept away dozens of campers — with some 18 confirmed dead and many more still missing — resulted from a horrible confluence of a late - night burst of extreme rains over a region of steep - sided, isolated river valleys long popular with folks eager for a taste of nature.

Paradoxically, flooding is an additional concern, and involves both coastal flooding with seawater contamination of agricultural land, and flash floods due to river overflow within continents.

It would also raise the risk of tidal flooding, and in areas that are expected to see an increase in rainfall, flash flooding and river flooding would compound the flood risk associated with coastal waters.

In the semiarid southwestern United States, the arroyos, washes, and ephemeral river valleys were filling slowly with alluvium (younger «Tsegi alluvium»), an indication that stream energy was generated by the summer flash floods.

Short intense bursts of rainfall will give you flash flooding in a small catchment — a big storm front with less intense average rainfall will give major flooding in large catchments.

Infiltration of rainwater declines, runoff and erosion increase with more flash flooding.

Big storms with extreme rain can become dangerous, leading to flash flooding and mudslides, as seen back in 1997 - 1998.

Flash floods and flooding associated with tropical storms result in the highest number of deaths.

The authors also find that anticipated changes in sub-daily precipitation associated with a warming climate will «significantly affect the magnitude and frequency of urban and rural flash floods.»

Wild weather has caused flash flooding in the CBD, with cars swept away and emergency crews responding to hundreds of calls for help.

The same complex weather system has also caused havoc in Tasmania and Victoria with record rainfall and flash flooding.

Here is an excerpt of the research paper, «When It Rains It Pours», from Environment America, showing a statistically significant spike in flash flooding and other extreme precipitation events since 1948: «Weather records show that storms with extreme precipitation have become more frequent over the last 60 years.

Already this season, there have been bushfires in the southern States, and severe thunderstorms have affected several regions, with associated structural damage, damaging hail and flash flooding.

A peculiar and explicit illustration of this is «Emotional Weather Report,» by the peculiar (and, in my view, excellent) Tom Waits, whose website has a free recording of the song along with the lyrics -LRB-... «Flash flood watches cover the southern portion of my disposition... «-RRB-

With extreme cold, frozen pipes, flash flooding from snow melt off and hail, weather - related threats in New Hampshire can be serious.

The NFIP, operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, works with more than 90 private insurance carriers to provide flood insurance to cover damage that results from flash floods, hurricanes, winter storms or heavy rains.

The flood program, which FEMA administers, works with more than 90 private insurance carriers to provide flood insurance to cover damage that results from flash floods, hurricanes, winter storms or heavy rains.

Since standard homeowners insurance doesn't cover flooding, it's important to have protection from the floods associated with heavy rains, flash floods, and other rising water conditions that impact Arizona.

Flash floods with fast - moving water that can reach 15 feet or higher can be destructive and deadly, but a few inches of flooding can still result in thousands of dollars in damages to homes and personal property.