Sentence examples for storm block from inspiring English sources
Early in the recovery effort, Mr. Powell and the White House rejected a federal buyout plan promoted by Representative Richard H. Baker, Republican of Louisiana, that would have tried to address the overwhelming problem left by the storm — block after block of ruined properties.
The storm blocked roads, brought down power lines and filled 2,000 kilometres of ditches with sand.
Recent cuts to federal subsidy payments to lenders might help to create a "perfect storm" blocking access to loans, he said.
Even down on the Red Planet's surface, the Curiosity rover might be able to get in on the act: Because Mars's atmosphere has no ozone to block ultraviolet light, sensors on the rover will be able to detect those wavelengths and thereby monitor certain trace gases spewing from the comet unless a dust storm blocks the view to space, Lemmon says.
The National Weather Service said roads could flood quickly from snow melt since the storm blocked drains, and issued warnings for potential flooding of four rivers and creeks.
Prior to 1287, its mouth was further to the east at New Romney, but it changed its course after a great storm blocked its exit to the sea.
Dust storms block out the sun, rendering WALL-E's cute little solar panels worthless.
Between early June and early October — except when landslides triggered by monsoon storms block the mountain roads — hundreds of Sikh pilgrims tackle the trail each day.
They have been installed in Europe and some American cities and are designed to close during a storm to block surging waters from reaching shore.
Among the avenues supported by critics are seriously considering building sea gates that could close during a storm and block a surge from Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean into the East River and New York Harbor.
Instead of "planning to be flooded," as he put it, city, state and federal agencies should be investing in protection like sea gates that could close during a storm and block a surge from Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean into the East River and New York Harbor.
