Genetic drift acting on all isolated mockingbird populations in the Galapagos [37] and the known susceptibility of the Galapagos Mimidae to Avipoxvirus [14], [15] may increase extinction risk should conditions favor an outbreak, such as during the next ENSO event, when extensive rains cause irruptions of arthropod vectors of Avipoxvirus.
After eight hours of rain locally, and extensive rains in the Ethiopian highlands, the deluge was too much for the rivers to hold.
25 The Obama administration is enthusiastically pursuing a new national adaptation policy that it hopes will provide public health officials with the tools they need to predict and respond to public health crises caused by rising temperatures, increased drought, more extensive rains, sea-level rise, and more days with poor air quality.
In contrast, extensive rainfall can be detrimental to transmission as snails and fluke larvae can be washed away by large quantities of rain [3].
When the trade winds are weaker, more extensive areas of rain fall upon landmasses within the tropics, such as Central America.
Already suffering from extensive floods, heavy rains and record tides from Typhoon Gordon caused "massive" flooding in Zhuhai, Guangdong.
About 1,000 people have been evacuated from the area, after three days of heavy rain caused extensive flooding.
In fact, if a hard rain required extensive roof repair, it could put the store in the red for that fiscal year.
Ipe trees, usually harvested when they are 150 to 200 years old, do not grow together in stands, and so cutting them can cause extensive damage to the rain forest, he said.
