Sentences with phrase «with wildfire risk»

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CARREIRAS M, FERREIRA AJD, VALENTE S, FLESKENS L, GONZALES - PELAYO O, RUBIO JL, STOOF, CR, COELHO COA, FERREIRA CSS, RITSEMA CJ Comparative analysis of policies to deal with wildfire risk (2014) Land Degradation & Development, vol.25, pp.92 - 103 DOI: NA

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The Southwest and Southern states, as well as Alaska and Hawaii, will have «above - normal significant wildland fire potential,» with the risk starting as early as this month in some places, according to a wildfire outlook issued May 1 by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho.

A new study recently published in Risk Analysis: An International Journal uncovers insights into what motivates individuals to evacuate early, wait and see, or stay and defend when faced with a wildfire threat.

«There's a lot of evidence to suggest that homeowners don't fully acknowledge the risks associated with natural disasters — in particular, the risks associated with wildfire,» McCoy said.

«Atlantic / Pacific ocean temperature difference fuels US wildfires: New study shows that difference in water temperature between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans together with global warming impact the risk of drought and wildfire in southwestern North America.»

With one of the deadliest wildfires in the state's history raging in California, it doesn't seem likely many people will want to see a movie about a tragic wildfire, but Only The Brave is a solid film that is a timely reminder of what is at risk when a wildfire breaks out.

Or mortgage lenders might be more comfortable than insurers with the risk associated with a property in an area prone to wildfires.

Whereas this has had noticeable, negative impacts that are expected to worsen in every region of the United States and its territories, including, among other significant weather events and environmental disruptions, longer and hotter heat waves, more severe storms, worsening flood and drought cycles, growing invasive species and insect problems, threatened native plant and wildlife populations, rising sea levels, and, when combined with a lack of proper forest management, increased wildfire risk;

Smoke exposure increases respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and medication dispensations for asthma, bronchitis, chest pain, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (commonly known by its acronym, COPD), respiratory infections, and medical visits for lung illnesses.38, 43,160 It has been associated with hundreds of thousands of deaths annually, in an assessment of the global health risks from landscape fire smoke.38, 43,44,141,45 Future climate change is projected to increase wildfire risks and associated emissions, with harmful impacts on health.18, 161,162,10,163,164,36

The report points to changes in wildfire occurrences and in residential locations as «one example of how changing development patterns can interact with a changing climate to create dramatic new risks.»

This newsletter discusses the publishing of rivers climate change indicators for the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, engineering design values for Island Health, progress on the development of the Climate Tool for Engineers, new partnerships with the Blueberry Council of BC and the Comox Valley Regional District, a paper on projected changes to summer mean wet bulb globe temperatures led by Chao Li, a Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society article on extreme wildfire risk in the Fort McMurray area by Megan Kirchmeier - Young, a staff profile on Dr. Gildas Dayon, the PCIC Climate Seminar Series, a welcome to doctoral student Yaheng Tan, the release of PCIC's 2016 - 2017 Corporate Report, the release of a Science Brief on snowmelt and drought, the publishing of Climate Change Projections for the Cowichan Valley Regional District and State of the Physical, Biological and Selected Fishery Resources of Pacific Canadian Marine Ecosystems in 2016, as well as peer - reviewed publications since the last newsletter.

The alarming pace of destruction — 51 percent higher than the prior year with a loss of 73.4 million acres (29.7 million hectares), according to data from the University of Maryland — was partially due to climate change that has increased the risks and intensity of wildfires by triggering temperature rise and drought in some places, the monitor said.

The risk to property owners at the «wildland - urban interface» in California (more than 5 million homes in southern coastal California, the Bay Area, and north of Sacramento) is projected to increase with the increase in wildfires near these areas.

It's no surprise then that climate change - driven drought and all that comes with it have led to an increased risk of wildfires in the Alps.

They will provide ecologists and land managers with new and better information to support biodiversity conservation, wildfire risk assessment, and timber production while helping climate scientists and others to better understand the role that U.S. forests play in the global carbon cycle.»

This study will also provide a new opportunity to mitigate the future climate risks by working with stakeholder groups that can benefit from better soil water and wildfire forecasts.

The impacts of runoff and soil moisture deficits associated with warm temperatures can be acute, including enhanced wildfire risk (21), land subsidence from excessive groundwater withdrawals (22), decreased hydropower production (23), and damage to habitat of vulnerable riparian species (24).

In a training area associated with Marine Corps Base Hawaii, drought sharply increased the risk of wildfires, forcing officials to reduce live - fire training and limit the types of ammunition used.

This report describes how the protection of homes in the Wildland - Urban Interface has added to wildfire costs and concludes with a discussion of solutions that may help control escalating risks and expenses.

Wildfire activity in western North America has increased significantly during the past three decades with longer fire seasons, more wildfire, increased home losses, and more lives Wildfire activity in western North America has increased significantly during the past three decades with longer fire seasons, more wildfire, increased home losses, and more lives wildfire, increased home losses, and more lives at risk.

With regard to wildfires, see Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity: «Thus, although land - use history is an important factor for wildfire risks in specific forest types... the broad - scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over a relatively large areaWildfire Activity: «Thus, although land - use history is an important factor for wildfire risks in specific forest types... the broad - scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over a relatively large areawildfire risks in specific forest types... the broad - scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over a relatively large areawildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over a relatively large area.»

It points to «longer and hotter heat waves, more severe storms, worsening flood and drought cycles, growing invasive species and insect problems, threatened native plant and wildlife populations, rising sea levels, and, when combined with a lack of proper forest management, increased wildfire risk.»

From tornadoes to hail storms to wildfires, your home is always at risk, so make sure you're prepared with a comprehensive Harrodsburg homeowners insurance policy.

From tornadoes to hail storms to wildfires, your home is always at risk, so make sure you're prepared with a comprehensive Fisherville homeowners insurance policy.

If you live in or near an area with an increased wildfire risk, it is important to reduce the risk and improve the overall safety of your home.

With hurricanes, coastal storms, flooding and wildfires all posing serious risks, many homeonwers rely heavily on their home insurance policies to pay for repairs and annual upkeep.

From tornadoes to hail storms to wildfires, your home is always at risk, so make sure you're prepared with a comprehensive Versailles homeowners insurance policy.

From tornadoes to hail storms to wildfires, your home is always at risk, so make sure you're prepared with a comprehensive Bardstown homeowners insurance policy.

As a result, these wildfires are causing more deaths and destroying more homes due to that fact that more people have moved into areas with high wildfire risk.

A detailed follow up report with customized mitigation actions designed to measurably reduce the wildfire risk to their property;

In addition to earthquakes, Oregon is the eighth-most wildfire - prone state, with 148,800 households at high or extreme risk from wildfires, according to 2017 estimates by the Insurance Information Institute.

California, stricken with tragic wildfires, the incessant risk of tectonic upheaval, and almost just as bad, the never - ending burden of high housing costs.