Sentence examples for flood disruption from inspiring English sources

This combined with bricolage, the ability to adapt and create necessary resources and solutions from internal resources and/or resources outside of the firm, characterises firms that minimised the period of flood disruption.

Flood disruption to transport, power supplies and schools has continued, as it was revealed 2012 has had the UK's wettest recorded April-June quarter.

Rail operator First Great Western has put in place special ticketing arrangements so that passengers affected by flood disruption can buy cheaper advance fares while revised timetables are put in place.

Less than a month ago we were treated to an authoritative interagency report, which Mr. Bush belittled, that reinforced earlier warnings from mainstream scientists that unchecked warming will bring devastating consequences, including rising seas, coastal flooding, disruption of snow-fed water supplies, heat waves and the disappearance of sensitive ecosystems like coral reefs.

Our findings give weight to the Pitt review's recommendations to the UK Government especially in regard to household insurance (i.e. public education programmes setting out the benefits of insurance in the context of flooding), disruption of services (i.e. the need to avoid loss of essential services such as water and power) and prevention of water ingress into homes [ 13].

Extreme weather events attributable to climate change have contributed to crop failures around the globe by drought, flood, and disruption of traditional growing seasons.

As in Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, the severe drought during the El Niño of 1997 exacerbated the flood's disruption to crops in eastern Cuba.

Roads in north Wales remained closed after flooding and there was flood-related disruption to Arriva Trains Wales services.

Britain was battered by gale force winds today as heavy downpours threatened flooding and disruption across the country.

The ground in North & West Yorks, Humberside, Northumberland and Cumbria is saturated as we go into October and November, typically very wet months, so we can expect to see more localised flooding, more disruption and long-term damage to transport infrastructure.

Storm surges brought floods and disruption around the coast earlier.