• Exposure to storm-related rainfall was associated with a 48% (95% CI 27%-69%) increase in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections 1 week after storms and a 42% (95% CI 22%-62%) in increase Legionnaires' disease 2 weeks after storms. (cdc.gov)
  • And the 2020 hurricane season was unlike any before, with 30 named storms and 12 hitting the US - five alone in Louisiana-the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is the most active ever recorded. (walterpmoore.com)
  • Answering this question requires two big pieces of information: the economic consequences of such storms (typhoons, hurricanes, and tropical cyclones) and the patterns of those storms in the years ahead. (motherjones.com)
  • Their projections are for 13 named storms, including 6 hurricanes, 2 of which they expect to be major (Category 3 or higher) storms. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • And recently, on August 27, 2020, Hurricane Laura lashed Louisiana with 150-mile-per-hour winds, killing six people and registering as one of the most powerful storms on record to strike the United States. (americanprogress.org)
  • 2 All in all, as of September 23, 2020, the Atlantic hurricane season has produced 23 named storms-nearly double the season's long-term average and exhausting, for only the second time in history, the National Hurricane Center's list of 21 names. (americanprogress.org)
  • 3 Yet the 2020 hurricane season represents uncharted territory, as storms are expected to continue making landfall in communities that are still struggling to contain COVID-19 outbreaks, maintain social distancing, and weather the historic pandemic-induced economic downturn-all amid a national reckoning with racial oppression and resource disparities in Black communities and other communities of color. (americanprogress.org)
  • In Northern Atlantic there are 28 tropical storms. (agu.org)
  • Countless communities across the United States have felt firsthand the often deadly and devastating impacts of hurricanes, from Hurricane Katrina, which left 1,833 people dead after slamming into the Gulf Coast in 2005, to Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017-some of the most costly tropical storms on record-along with many others. (americanprogress.org)
  • 2005- Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans a $240 billion disaster. (agu.org)
  • In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, insurance companies in North Carolina have expressed concern about serious financial exposures from possible catastrophic hurricane damage in the State. (coldspur.com)
  • Even though I was aware of the problems that various companies had had in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, this touched my interest only vaguely. (coldspur.com)
  • NWS offices utilize the real-time reporting of weather events to assist in warning operations, but certainly hurricanes Katrina and Rita have shown us that ham radio operators are equally important during the recovery phase of large-scale natural disasters,' Floyd pointed out. (arrl.org)
  • Two people walk down a flooded street in Rodanthe, North Carolina, as Hurricane Dorian hits Cape Hatteras on September 6, 2019. (americanprogress.org)
  • In my case, the letter stated that "the insurance industry in general and X Company in particular is concerned about insurance exposure in North Carolina. (coldspur.com)
  • Furthermore, our house is a few miles inland (definitely not 'on the beach'), and Brunswick County, since its shoreline faces South, does not incur the same ferocity of wind during hurricanes that the East-facing shores of North Carolina do. (coldspur.com)
  • North Carolina has some of the best conditions to support offshore wind energy in the Southeast U.S. See how NOAA and partners mapped the sea floor in this area to find the best spots for potential wind energy sites. (noaa.gov)
  • However, tropical storm-force winds and other coastal flooding in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina will add to the total modeled insured losses. (corelogic.com)
  • This estimate includes wind, storm surge, and inland flood losses across only the impacted Gulf states in the landfall region - Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi - based on analysis of RMS ensemble footprints in Version 21 of the RMS North Atlantic Hurricane Models and estimates from the RMS U.S. Inland Flood HD Model. (haggiepartners.com)
  • It made landfall at Acapulco, Mexico as a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 165 mph and gusts to nearly 200 mph. (counterpunch.org)
  • We can't prevent hurricanes making landfall, but we can prevent people from getting seriously sick and dying from COVID-19," he said. (factcheck.org)
  • 1 Hurricane Sally rapidly intensified shortly before making landfall on September 16, 2020, as a slow-moving Category 2 storm with 105 mph winds, dumping 20 to 30 inches of rainfall along hard-hit communities in western Florida and coastal Alabama. (americanprogress.org)
  • Fortunately, Hurricane Idalia made landfall on a fairly remote stretch of the Florida coastline. (corelogic.com)
  • The majority of the affected structures were in Florida near the point of landfall and along Hurricane Idalia's path. (corelogic.com)
  • We have the clearest evidence to date that the Gulf Stream is weakening and may ultimately collapse, with catastrophic implications for the marine life of the Atlantic and the global climate. (counterpunch.org)
  • Hurricane Irma is shaping up to be a potentially catastrophic storm that remains on course to hit Florida by Sunday. (duke.edu)
  • It looks like wind generators will have to be redesigned specifically to withstand hurricanes. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • We own a modern house, built to withstand hurricanes. (coldspur.com)
  • Despite the deadly consequences of both delaying the federal response to the pandemic at its outset and urging states to reopen their economies before it was safe to do so, President Donald Trump has boasted about the federal government's response to COVID-19 and the nation's preparedness for the 2020 hurricane season. (americanprogress.org)
  • Floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and wildfires can cause incalculable damage in all the expected ways. (mesothelioma.app)
  • Coming immediately after Hurricane Harvey, Irma is increasing attention to the relationship of severe weather events to climate change. (duke.edu)
  • Already, energy companies in the state are bracing for the hazards that Hurricane Irma, which registered at a category 5 on Wednesday, could bring . (duke.edu)
  • Many of the communities now being affected by seaweed are still recovering from Hurricane Irma, so bringing back tourism dollars is especially critical. (geiworks.com)
  • Special attention to the status of health-care systems and access to resources is necessary, as well as public health outreach on hazards in hurricane clean-up will be critical to mitigate some of this. (columbia.edu)
  • Heavy rainfall, storm surges, and tornadoes are hazards associated with hurricanes that can cause property damages and loss of life. (cdc.gov)
  • Even in areas where power lines are buried, flooding can lead to loss of power, as occurred in Houston, Texas during Hurricane Harvey. (guyonclimate.com)
  • When Houston providers were hit by Hurricane Harvey last month, they experienced limited power outages thanks to investments -smart meters and a fault location, isolation and service restoration system-made after Hurricane Ike in 2008. (duke.edu)
  • And Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich) and Valerie Brader write in The Hill that "as Hurricane Harvey has taught us, making sure our energy resources are safe, secure and plentiful should not be a partisan issue. (duke.edu)
  • Now, as Hurricane Ian approached Florida, social media posts recycled an old clip of his comments to misleadingly claim he thinks the vaccines will protect against the storm. (factcheck.org)
  • But as Hurricane Ian barreled toward Florida, social media posts were sharing an out-of-context clip of Biden's 2021 remarks to incorrectly suggest he is proposing vaccination as a form of hurricane protection. (factcheck.org)
  • Let me be clear: If you're in a state where hurricanes often strike - like Florida or the Gulf Coast or into Texas - a vital part of preparing for hurricane season is to get vaccinated now," the president said. (factcheck.org)
  • Palm trees blow in the wind from Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28 in Sarasota, Florida. (factcheck.org)
  • As Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast as a major hurricane, there is also a collective sigh of relief among many that the route of the storm avoided areas like Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico that are still recovering from the 2017 hurricane season. (columbia.edu)
  • Hurricane-force winds may have affected about 75,000 homes in Florida and Georgia. (corelogic.com)
  • In Florida and Georgia, nearly 80% of homes exposed to hurricane-force winds were built prior to 2003, which was before the implementation of modern building codes in the states (Figure 2). (corelogic.com)
  • The average reconstruction cost value of homes in Florida and Georgia that were exposed to hurricane-force winds is less than $200,000. (corelogic.com)
  • Leading researcher Brian LaPointe of Florida Atlantic University states that "our research has found that nitrogen and phosphorus from land-based runoff and pollutants, including nitrogen-heavy fertilizers and sewage waste, are washing into rivers such as the Mississippi and the Amazon. (geiworks.com)
  • 8] Lightning strikes in the United States are most common in Florida, the Atlantic coast, and along the southeastern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. (medscape.com)
  • No one knows the nuances of response like local first responders and emergency services. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • However, when these and other natural disasters damage materials which contain asbestos, emergency responders and area residents can be at risk of exposure. (mesothelioma.app)
  • As part of this, see how we gather and display information about boats that are displaced during hurricanes so responders can efficiently address these threats. (noaa.gov)
  • Whether it is hurricanes, or fire, or flooding, or earthquakes, or some other hazard that imparts disaster, the commonly resounding theme is this: communities save themselves. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • Lightning kills more people each year in the United States than hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes combined. (medscape.com)
  • It makes you realize, these megastorms, if you haven't been hit by one, your worst-case scenario is nowhere near a true worst-case scenario," said Daniel J. Kelly , the executive director of the New Jersey Office of Recovery and Rebuilding, as he recalled his state's struggle to respond to Hurricane Sandy. (duke.edu)
  • NFIP losses were derived using RMS' view of NFIP exposure based on 2019 policy-in-force data published by FEMA, the Version 21 North Atlantic Hurricane Models, and the U.S. Inland Flood HD Model. (haggiepartners.com)
  • Southern Louisiana has a high concentration of petrochemical plants, refineries, marine cargo and port exposures, power plants and other high-value industrial facilities that were impacted by Ida. (haggiepartners.com)
  • Ham radio operators and volunteers at Miami work together when hurricanes threaten to provide real-time weather data and damage reports to the Hurricane Center's forecasters. (arrl.org)
  • The federal government has not undertaken strategic government-wide planning to manage climate risks by using information on the potential economic effects of climate change to identify significant risks and craft appropriate federal responses. (g-feed.com)
  • The compounded difficulty caused by COVID, and all that comes with it - pandemic restrictions, PPE for staff, contact tracing, exposure risks, safe and socially distant housing options, etc. (walterpmoore.com)
  • The findings could be used to help wind farm developers improve design standards as well as to help stakeholders make informed decisions about the costs, benefits and risks of placing turbines in hurricane-prone areas. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • The findings come as a surprise to the study's authors, who had expected overall hearing to improve thanks to publicity about the risks of exposure to loud music and the advent of childhood vaccines against meningitis and pneumonia that can prevent many ear infections. (arlingtoninstitute.org)
  • Modern building codes are an effective means of mitigating hurricane-derived property damage, as noted in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in 2022 . (corelogic.com)
  • As disaster impacts increase in scope and frequency ( 2023 had seen 15 "billion dollar" disasters even before the Lahaina Fire and Hurricane Idalia , and we're still four days from the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season), federal resources are stretched thin. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • In April, Colorado State University released their first long range forecast for the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • The 2017 press release is succinctly titled, "Offshore wind turbines vulnerable to Category 5 hurricane gusts. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • The 2017 hurricane season was the costliest on record, stretching federal resources to their breaking point . (columbia.edu)
  • Estimate excludes wind and inland flooding impacts in the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast U.S. regions, which will be communicated once the full extent of damage is known. (haggiepartners.com)
  • As the United States struggles to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal, state, and local governments must prepare communities for an extremely active hurricane season fueled by climate change, as well as support resilient and equitable rebuilding in the wake of disasters. (americanprogress.org)
  • It was found in numerous components throughout the houses, and though generally safe undisturbed, disasters can break and tear into the fibers, thus making them airborne and a high risk for exposure and inhalation. (mesothelioma.app)
  • When planning for dealing with weather-related disasters, knowledge of safety precautions regarding asbestos exposure and cleanup can not only save lives, but prevent diminished quality of life and avoid adverse health conditions later on. (mesothelioma.app)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used online media reports from 2012 to 2020 to characterize hurricane-related deaths from 10 hurricanes that were declared major disasters and the flooding related to Hurricane Joaquin in the contiguous United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Abacos and Grand Bahama Island, and the USVI collectively held our breath as we remembered our own trauma and knew exactly what was in store for the communities impacted by Dorian. (lovecitystrongvi.org)
  • We separately defined storm exposure for windspeed, rainfall, and proximity to the storm track. (cdc.gov)
  • and the onset of an unusually active hurricane season-caused by warmer ocean temperatures that are fueled by climate change-that continues to break storm formation records. (americanprogress.org)
  • Throughout the past few decades , hurricanes in particular have drawn attention to the need to fight climate change, with scientists recognizing that although climate change is not the cause of hurricanes, "a warmer planet will produce bigger and more destructive hurricanes. (duke.edu)
  • The 2018 hurricane season began on the heels of already stretched federal resources, both in terms of cost and human resources with ongoing disaster response and recovery. (columbia.edu)
  • In January, 2018, researchers detected an abnormal amount of Sargassum in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic, predicting that 2018 would be a major year for Sargassum blooms. (geiworks.com)
  • Additionally, as Idalia approached the Atlantic Coast and moved offshore, the system created additional coastal flooding in cities such as Charleston, South Carolina. (corelogic.com)
  • The Hurricane-Climate Connection" (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
  • 2. Last week the US Government Accountability Office released to congress the report Climate Change: Information on Potential Economic Effects Could Help Guide Federal Efforts to Reduce Fiscal Exposure . (g-feed.com)
  • Climate change is any significant variation in temperature, precipitation, wind, or other type of weather that lasts for decades or longer. (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers like Walsh want to know: How does human-driven - or anthropogenic (AN-throh-puh-GEN-ik) - climate change affect individual weather events, such as hurricanes, heat waves and rainstorms? (snexplores.org)
  • This was in response to a call to action by the National Academy of Sciences to have a project that monitored glaciers across an entire mountain range in the United States, and from climate scientist Stephen Schneider who challenged glaciologists at an IGS meeting in 1983 to begin the monitoring now, in order to identify the full scope of change. (agu.org)
  • Fire has been largely absent from tundra for the past 11,000 or so years, but the frequency of tundra fires is increasing, probably as a response to climate warming ," said co-author Syndonia "Donie" Bret-Harte, an ecosystem ecologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology . (phys.org)
  • Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of the extreme weather that wreaks havoc on our power grid-from wildfire to heat waves and hurricanes. (guyonclimate.com)
  • RMS ensemble footprints are reconstructions of Ida's hazard that capture the uncertainties surrounding observed winds and storm surge. (haggiepartners.com)
  • From a wind perspective, this storm was a design level event, where observed wind speeds often exceeded speeds that buildings have been designed to withstand, particularly in the hardest hit areas in southern Louisiana. (haggiepartners.com)
  • Many areas impacted by Ida's winds were also impacted by storm surge, precipitation-induced flooding, and the hurricane events of 2020. (haggiepartners.com)
  • Hurricane Otis, which seemed to materialize almost full-grown out of the eastern Pacific, is one of the fastest-intensifying hurricanes in history, growing from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just 12 hours. (counterpunch.org)
  • The 2012 hurricane season was the second consecutive year that a named storm devastated the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. (cdc.gov)
  • Offshore wind should not fly blindly into the teeth of the storm. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • However, Hurricane Florence is still a monster of storm, the likes of which haven't been seen in the Carolinas and Virginia for decades, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ). (columbia.edu)
  • Special attention to these groups pre- and post-storm is required as their needs are not always visible to the response nor are they empowered to advocate for themselves. (columbia.edu)
  • In summer, spotter reports of hail size, wind damage and storm rotation in real time greatly assist the radar warning operator, since that information can be correlated with Doppler radar displays. (arrl.org)
  • CoreLogic® estimated insured losses to residential and commercial properties from wind and storm surge flooding will be less than $2 billion. (corelogic.com)
  • Modeled wind and storm surge losses by state are provided in Table 1. (corelogic.com)
  • The hazard with hurricanes are the associated winds, storm surge and, most of all, rain. (duke.edu)
  • Two different modeling systems, aimed at providing coastal flooding early warning and coastal hazard assessment, presented difficulties in forecasting the coastal hydrodynamic response during these seaward-traveling events, regardless of the grid resolution, which might be ascribed to a lack of terrestrial processes and uncertainties in the bathymetry and boundary conditions. (copernicus.org)
  • Lake Charles, LA bore the brunt of two Category 4 direct hits in Hurricanes Laura and Delta, upending homes, businesses, industrial facilities, and the tourist-attracting casinos. (walterpmoore.com)
  • At the time, the U.S. was experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the highly transmissible delta variant, including in the hurricane-prone states Biden mentioned. (factcheck.org)
  • The Yucatán coast, characterized by karstic geology and the presence of barrier islands, was impacted by Hurricane Gamma and Hurricane Delta in October 2020. (copernicus.org)
  • 3. Trevor Houser and I recently estimated the potential long-run economic consequences of Hurricane Maria on the economic growth of Puerto Rico and published an op-ed explaining the issue and putting the event in context. (g-feed.com)
  • RMS virtual reconnaissance efforts and analysis of aerial imagery show widespread wind and water-related damage in Louisiana and neighboring Gulf Coast states, including many severe or total structural losses. (haggiepartners.com)
  • Despite lower levels of exposure concentration, significant wind-borne damage is expected at residential properties exposed to at least Category 1-force hurricane winds due to less-stringent building codes and the age of the homes. (corelogic.com)
  • Exposure to airborne asbestos after a disaster for unprotected individuals can result in breathing in these fibers, the effects of which might take years and even decades to surface. (mesothelioma.app)
  • This could lead to flash flooding and damaging winds further inland. (columbia.edu)
  • The most damaging hurricane-force winds affected relatively few residential properties, and the greatest concentration were in smaller, inland cities. (corelogic.com)
  • Inner shelf, coastal, and inland observations were acquired simultaneously near a coastal community (Sisal, Yucatán) located within 150 km of the hurricanes' tracks. (copernicus.org)
  • But the direct deaths are often just the tip of the iceberg of hurricane-related fatalities. (columbia.edu)
  • The weight of available evidence suggests that multidecadal variability of hurricane season tropical Atlantic SST and Northern Hemispheric surface temperature. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 2013 hurricane season begins tomorrow, June 1, and runs through November 30. (cdc.gov)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for example, states on its website that COVID-19 vaccination should be part of preparing for hurricane season. (factcheck.org)
  • It may well be that even Category 4 hurricanes will exceed today's design standards. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • Areas of southern Georgia also recorded Category 1-force winds. (corelogic.com)
  • is controlled mostly by time-varying radiative forcing owing to solar variability, major volcanic eruptions, and anthropogenic sulfate aerosols and greenhouse gases, though the response to this forcing may be modulated by natural modes of variability. (wikipedia.org)
  • Major objectives of the eight-day mission were evaluating the performance of the rendezvous guidance and navigation system, using a rendezvous evaluation pod (REP), and evaluating the effects of prolonged exposure to the space environment on the flight crew. (astronautix.com)
  • There is serious concern about the adverse affect a major hurricane would have on the financial stability of our company. (coldspur.com)
  • The research report itself has a more specific but equally scary title: "Gusts and shear within hurricane eyewalls can exceed offshore wind turbine design standards. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • Simply put, they found that hurricane wind gusts can hit an incredible 200 miles per hour, while wind towers are only designed to withstand 160 mph. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • If those extreme gusts hit an offshore wind farm, catastrophe is pretty much guaranteed. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • In addition to extremely damaging gusts, the press release says this: "Furthermore, current standards do not account for veer, a measure of the change in wind direction across a vertical span. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • Last year, President Joe Biden made a special plea to residents in hurricane-prone states to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in advance of possible evacuations or shelter stays. (factcheck.org)
  • Last August, President Joe Biden encouraged Americans often affected by hurricanes to get their COVID-19 vaccinations to be better protected against the coronavirus if they had to be evacuated or stay in a shelter. (factcheck.org)
  • If you wind up having to evacuate, if you wind up having to stay in a shelter, you don't want to add COVID-19 to the list of dangers that you're going to be confronting," Biden said in the following sentence. (factcheck.org)
  • In the Sargasso Sea, an area in the Atlantic Ocean covering 2 million square miles, massive floating rafts of Sargassum provide food and shelter for many species of fish, shrimp, turtle, and crabs-some of them endangered species. (geiworks.com)
  • Additionally, RMS estimates insured losses to offshore platforms, rigs, and pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico to be between US$0.7-$1.5 billion from wind and wave-driven damages. (haggiepartners.com)
  • My focus has been Dominion's massive project off Virginia, but the whole East Coast is hurricane alley. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • Staying up to date on vaccines makes it less likely that you will be sick with COVID-19 while sheltering or evacuating from a hurricane, and less likely to need medical services while hospitals are under strain from the natural disaster," it explains . (factcheck.org)
  • The goal of the project is to increase exposure to accurate information about COVID-19 and vaccines, while decreasing the impact of misinformation. (factcheck.org)
  • I have yet to see any sort of hurricane risk assessment from any of the proposed East Coast wind projects, most of which involve many billions of dollars. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • Before we build tens or hundreds of billions of dollars worth of massive offshore wind facilities off the East Coast we need to be sure that they will withstand strong hurricanes. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • My regular readers know that I have been fussing about the threat of hurricanes destroying proposed Atlantic coast offshore wind arrays. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • The issue arises because the offshore wind industry is based in Europe, which does not get hurricanes. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • In the meantime we should not be building conventional offshore wind towers. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • Offshore wind energy is a burgeoning area of renewable energy that is at an early stage of development in the United States. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • Exposure of offshore wind turbines to hurricanes must be assessed and mitigated to ensure the security of the renewable energy supply. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • Such wind fields have characteristics that may pose heretofore unforeseen structural challenges to offshore wind turbines. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • The buildings and infrastructure in this region have never experienced such a strong hurricane wind intensity. (haggiepartners.com)
  • Normally we would expect the fire to go out in the moist soil, but this summer was so dry that the fire didn't go out and strong winds in September caused it to burn a very large area," said Bret-Harte, who noted that 40 percent of the fire was classified as a severe burn high for a tundra fire. (phys.org)
  • Experts have calculated that $915 billion is needed to relieve the fiscal pressures that the COVID-19 pandemic has put on states, localities, tribes, and territories 8 -all during a year that is expected to be "one of the most active hurricane seasons on record," the resource needs of which will likely strain state and local government finances further. (americanprogress.org)
  • A recent Government Accountability Office report described how the sequence of hurricanes last year led to staffing shortages, requiring the use of staff who would not normally be placed in key roles, complicating response efforts. (columbia.edu)
  • During the past year, many homeowners in Brunswick County may, like me, have received a letter from their insurance company informing them that it would itself no longer be providing Wind and Hail coverage. (coldspur.com)
  • Soon after the expiry date of my insurance from the previous year, I received an urgent call from my agent, alerting me to the fact that I had not purchased the Wind and Hail coverage. (coldspur.com)
  • RMS ® , the world's leading catastrophe risk solutions company, estimates onshore and offshore U.S. insured losses from Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico to be between US$25 and US$35 billion. (haggiepartners.com)
  • Everything is more complicated if you're not vaccinated and a hurricane or a natural disaster hits. (factcheck.org)
  • Who May Be at Risk of Disaster-Related Exposure to Asbestos? (mesothelioma.app)
  • Background Paper prepared by the Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN) and for the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction . (preventionweb.net)
  • the Asian Disaster Reduction and Response (ADRRN)-SEEDS background paper to the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction . (preventionweb.net)
  • These data can help inform response planning and the updating of communication resources such as websites, fact sheets, and other materials to reach a wide audience of disaster epidemiologists, emergency managers, and the public. (cdc.gov)
  • So I contacted my agent, letting him know of my decision, and asked him to write my insurance without Wind and Hail. (coldspur.com)
  • moreover, he added that he did not think that any company would be writing Wind and Hail insurance for new customers, implying that it would be useless for me to look elsewhere. (coldspur.com)
  • The insidious nature of asbestos exposure is that, unlike overt and immediate dangers such as gas lines breaking and the risk of electric shock, asbestos fibers in the air are unseen and microscopic and, as such, may leave people unaware that they need protection from it and may not know for years to come of their exposure to it. (mesothelioma.app)
  • Gabriel Vecchi, of NOAA said of Emanuel's announcement, "While his results don't rule out the possibility that global warming has contributed to the recent increase in activity in the Atlantic, they suggest that other factors-possibly in addition to global warming-are likely to have been substantial contributors to the observed increase in activity. (wikipedia.org)
  • In a March 2008 paper published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, he put forward the conclusion that global warming is likely to increase the intensity but decrease the frequency of hurricane and cyclone activity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Workers dealing with repeated or prolonged cleanup where asbestos is present are at increased risk of exposure and long-term effects. (mesothelioma.app)
  • Many cleanup crews have experienced hydrogen sulfide poisoning from exposure to large amounts of decaying Sargassum with flu-like symptoms: nausea, headaches, and eye and skin irritation. (geiworks.com)
  • In particular he has specialized in atmospheric convection and the mechanisms acting to intensify hurricanes. (wikipedia.org)
  • The PR says this: "The study, which was conducted in collaboration with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, highlights the limitations of current turbine design and could provide guidance for manufacturers and engineers looking to build more hurricane-resilient turbines in the future. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • We used 23 years of exposure and case data to assess the effects of tropical cyclones on 6 waterborne diseases in a conditional quasi-Poisson model. (cdc.gov)
  • Barrier islands in tropical regions are prone to coastal flooding and erosion during hurricane events. (copernicus.org)
  • Almost nothing on the planet, short of nuclear weaponry, destroys economic value as rapidly as a mega-hurricane. (g-feed.com)
  • For a territory of this size, especially in the Atlantic, this is unprecedented in my data. (g-feed.com)
  • Accounting for 25 percent of the country's wind capacity, the state has the largest share of such generating assets in a nation of 1.3 billion people. (icecap.us)
  • In the simulation, wind direction changed by as much as 55 degrees between the tip of the rotor and its hub, creating a potentially dangerous strain on the blade. (baconsrebellion.com)
  • This guide will help to keep those involved in cleanups from potentially deadly exposure. (mesothelioma.app)
  • Wind-induced surface heat exchange Emanuel, Kerry (2008). (wikipedia.org)
  • Not only does the Gulf Stream distribute oxygen, nutrients, carbon, and heat around the Atlantic, but its sweeping currents also regulate sea levels, keeping near-shore water levels as much as up to 5 feet lower than the ocean farther off-shore. (counterpunch.org)
  • In response to a story about the toxic nitrate discharges from his family farms, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen , smeared Yanqi Xu, the Guangzhou-born journalist who wrote the story: "The author is from communist China. (counterpunch.org)
  • Greater exposure to these toxic minerals increases the risk of asbestos-related diseases like asbestosis and deadly mesothelioma. (mesothelioma.app)