Sentence examples for withstand storm from inspiring English sources

Volunteers will plant beach grass in the Rockaways so dunes can better withstand storm surges.

Of course, summer in the gulf is hurricane season, and at six feet above sea level at high tide, the berms will not have the elevation or sand volume to withstand storm waves or surges.

The participants in the 2012 workshops did not indicate this misunderstanding but were concerned about the safety of installing photovoltaic panels on their roofs, whether such panels were a fire hazard and whether they would withstand storm damage.

This was reflected in the ratings that participants provided on the characteristics of panels and also in the discussions which took place in the workshops in 2012, where participants were concerned about whether or not the panels could cause a fire or whether or not they would withstand storm damage.

Glazed in toughened safety glass, the Growhouse is strong enough to withstand storms and snow, whilst keeping the plants inside snug.

Many of the projects were built to withstand storms less powerful than Hurricane Sandy, the corps said, and even in places where the surge cut through the sand, the dunes helped to soften the blow.

In the nineteen-nineties, Jacob was asked to help New York City evaluate its capacity to withstand storms, and since then he has conducted similar studies for New York State and the M.T.A. His findings were sobering.

Providencia is, generally, off the hurricane trail that regularly sweeps through Cuba, Florida and the Antilles, and the low-slung buildings and vernacular architecture withstand storms better than the Cancún-style tower blocks that dot the rest of the Caribbean.

Mr. Wang said that even though the building was designed to withstand storms seen only once in a century, few people would be around to see the ball swing violently, given corporate and government policies of dismissing workers when a typhoon approaches.

Oil firms hope that spar platform designs will withstand storms in the deepest waters.

This can be dunked in chlorine to kill the virus, withstand storms and does not rely on a continuous supply of electricity.