According to data from the Federal Highway Administration, snow and sleet were responsible for an average 18 percent of weather-related crashes, 14 percent of weather-related injuries and 13 percent of weather-related fatalities annually from 2007 to 2016.
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"Just as February strength was weather-related, March weakness was weather-related, and the solid April number was a return to normal," said Ward McCarthy, chief financial economist at Jefferies.
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The cause of the crash was weather related, Miller stated.
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Heat is already the top weather-related killer in the country.
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Not all the weakness in the PMI was weather-related, though.
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The system shutdown is the first that is not weather-related.
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Wherever weather-related threats hit, "you learn to adjust," he said.
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Of course, there have been weather-related disasters in the past.
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Despite higher weekend temperatures, some weather-related headaches lingered for travelers.
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It was not immediately known if the death was weather-related.
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It was not immediately known if the death was weather-related.
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Another surprising weather related phenomenon occurs with thunderstorms and asthma epidemics.
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Five weather-related deaths were reported in three states and in Canada.
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There were three weather-related deaths in California and one in Pennsylvania.
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The streaming service is using geotargeting technology to create weather-related playlists.
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About 435,000 customers remained without power, including 16,000 from weather-related outages.
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The round had been under a weather-related suspension at that point.
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At least four people died due to weather-related deaths in Minnesota.
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Not every weather-related disaster is "caused" by climate change, of course.
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Unfortunately for travelers, airlines cannot be held accountable for weather-related delays.
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It has been coping with weather-related carrot issues since last year.
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It's not often that airlines are so generous with weather-related changes.
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Across the country, 2017 was a memorable year for weather related events.
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The game began after a weather-related delay of about 10 minutes.
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Actually, the most recent series relocations were not weather-related at all.
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The CEO of the Atlanta Council said it was a weather-related incident.
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It is the worst weather-related disaster to hit the country in decades.
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Fully 97% were weather-related, well above the average since 1980 of 85%.
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DowDuPont and UPS also cited the impacts of flooding and weather-related disruptions.
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Extreme heat kills more Americans each year than any other weather-related event.
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It said weather-related losses led to an 18% drop in underwriting gains.
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In California, the orange crop also has suffered due to weather-related impacts.
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The Port Authority said the water pipe break appears to be weather related.
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These fertile mountains already face weather-related risks, such as mudslides and erosion.
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The Port Authority said the water pipe break appears to be weather-related.
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The crash was weather related, according to the Brule Buffalo County Emergency District.
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The icy conditions caused another weather-related death, this time in Custer County, Oklahoma.
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Serbia's economy has rebounded to 3.5 percent growth after last year's weather-related slowdown.
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Weather-related power outages are also on the rise due to extreme weather events.
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Some died in weather-related traffic accidents, others from apparent exposure to the elements.
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Flooding remains the leading cause severe weather-related deaths in the U.S, Graziano said.
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Flooding is the leading weather-related cause of death over the last 30 years.
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Kansas State Highway Patrol reported a weather-related death on Interstate 70 near Oakley.
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Other data on Thursday pointed to underlying economic strength despite the weather-related disruptions.
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Revenue from theme parks fell due to weather-related disruptions and natural disasters in Japan.
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Between 2000-2016, there was a 46% increase in the number of weather-related disasters.
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The plane was diverted to O'Hare due to a weather-related runway closure at Midway.
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The Missouri tornado fatalities brought the week's weather-related death toll to at least seven.
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Torrential rains that deluged Texas last week resulted in at least 16 weather-related deaths.
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Beyond the inauguration, more emergency events and weather-related disruptions are occurring across the country.
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Various pathways may contribute to our shared objective for increased resilience to weather-related risks.
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The death of Gerald Belz, a pre-med student, was believed to be weather-related.
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A delayed spring hurt demand in weather-related categories and led customers to consolidate trips.
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Altogether, emergency medical service dispatchers handled 772 weather-related 911 calls between 11:05 a.m.
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The ShipMatrix results exclude weather-related delays that affected deliveries in the New England states.
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However, both of those years were associated with weather-related crop troubles in South America.
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"Most of what we are worried about right now is weather-related issues," said Davis.
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Their findings suggested heat waves would be the most lethal weather-related disaster and could cause 99 percent of all future weather-related deaths in Europe – rising from 2,700 deaths a year between 1981 and 2010 to 151,500 deaths a year in 2071 to 2100.
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The victims -- both men -- died in separate weather-related activities, the Milwaukee County medical examiner reported.
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They protect you from the elements, weather-related and otherwise (we're looking at you, public transit!).
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And then there's traffic: About 800 people die in cold-weather related traffic accidents every year.
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Three died from weather-related causes in Oregon, Kentucky and Maine, according to The Weather Channel.
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However, revenue from theme parks fell 1.4 percent to $1.53 billion due to weather-related disruptions.
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And then there's traffic: About 800 people die in cold weather-related traffic accidents every year.
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Deserted due to weather-related evacuations, the Magic Kingdom appeared more like the Walking Dead set.
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After a four-hour weather-related delay, the flight boarded and began taxiing on the runway.
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The researchers estimate that 99% of future weather-related deaths will be due to heat waves.
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This week, Twitter users are deriving their latest weather-related meme inspiration from Tropical Storm Gaston.
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The United States, in particular, has experienced several weather-related disasters during the past two years.
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Claims from a string of weather-related events have adversely damaged insurers' underwriting results in 2016.
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This makes them particularly vulnerable to weather-related disasters, many of which are becoming more frequent.
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Exposure to extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than any other weather-related threat.
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Tokyo's Disneyland will also make its first weather-related closure since 1984, according to the newspaper.
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Oklahoma area hospitals have reported 65 weather-related injuries, the city's Department of Emergency Management told CNN.
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But whether due to travel- or weather-related reasons, nationwide ticket sales were unexpectedly soft on Saturday.
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The number of weather-related power outages is also increasing as extreme weather events become more common.
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Though the investigation into Belz's death is ongoing, officials believe the cause of death is weather-related.
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We know that U.S. businesses lose more than $500 billion each year because of weather-related issues.
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Weather-related deaths were also reported in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, Wisconsin and New York, authorities said.
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And in any weather-related calamity, our susceptibility to harm is, at its root, constructed by ourselves.
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As of Monday, the Nassau County police believed the crash was likely weather-related, Detective Garcia said.
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Following these tips will help protect your entire family, including your pets, during a weather-related catastrophe.
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The Chicago White Sox have already rescheduled three weather-related postponements as single-admission doubleheaders this season.
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And some of them will be weather related and s-- they can be all kinds of things.
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"Officers are on-scene with a large-scale weather-related, multivehicle crash," the Denver Police Department tweeted.
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Underwriting profit of Japan's top four non-life insurers improved despite domestic weather-related events in FYE16.
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The losses from these and other climate and weather-related disasters in 2018 tallied to $91 billion.
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According to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's office, the victims -- both men -- died in separate weather-related activities.
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Fresh fruit prices in particular soared 26.7% in May from a year ago due to weather-related factors.
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The flooding in Bogota was just one of the several weather-related incidents in the region on Saturday.
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On Thursday, three people were killed in weather-related accidents around Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
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NOAA also noted that there were 10 weather-related disasters with damages and losses exceeding $1 billion each.
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Nickel Asia, for example, attributed a 22014-percent drop in first-half sales to weather-related shipment delays.
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At another tent camp in Oakland, dubbed the "2700th Avenue Rangers," three people died of weather-related conditions.
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Weather forecasts and other scientific methods have become increasingly sophisticated in predicting weather-related hazards months in advance.
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Heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the US, killing about 136 people each year.
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Weather-related deaths The wintry weather contributed to traffic crashes that killed people in several states, authorities said.
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A New York woman and a New Jersey man also died in weather-related incidents, the authorities said.
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Plus, Whole Foods is facing some weather-related issues that temporarily impacted its supply of lettuce from California.
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu earlier had confirmed a death in his city in a weather-related accident.
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Almost half of all weather-related crashes in the US take place in snowy, slushy, or icy conditions.
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American Airlines, United, JetBlue and other airlines issued travel advisories ahead of anticipated weather-related cancellations and delays.
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Weather-related extremes caused 21.5 million displacements annually between 2008 and 2016, according to the Environmental Justice Foundation.
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Solar power, despite its weather-related challenges, is quickly becoming one of the fastest-growing energy sources worldwide.
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But since flooding is the leading cause of weather-related deaths, those in higher-risk areas should remain alert.
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Wyoming also counted 24 deaths among motorcyclists -- 39 rollover-related, nine weather-related -- and three deaths among ATV drivers.
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Even so, it noted weather-related factors might have contributed to the slower repayment rates and increased loan demand.
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Cyclone Idai has been called one of the worst weather-related disasters in the history of the southern hemisphere.
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Tepid results are mostly due to weather-related issues and are hence short-lived, said Scotiabank analyst Patricia Baker.
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History offers numerous cautionary tales about the effects that these weather-related shocks can have on society and politics.
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When companies see profits or misses from weather-related events, they tell their investors about it in their earnings.
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The slowdown likely reflected the fading weather-related boost in the prior two months and workers becoming more scarce.
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The tweet consisted of the shape of France made up by different weather-related emojis, like suns and umbrellas.
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Falling last-minute "spot" truck rates and weather-related service issues sent the railroad's domestic intermodal business down 11%.
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A respite from weather-related disruptions allows food stocks to be re-built, and prices then come down gradually.
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What kind of weather-related event claims more lives annually in the U.S. than lightning strikes, tornadoes or hurricanes?
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Other weather-related events—the lightning that causes the fire; the ending rainfall—can also be attributed to Mufasa.
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The issue also comes as the world faces rising global temperature and an increase in weather-related natural disasters.
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In what appears to be weather-related, the construction industry added just 2000,22018 jobs after gaining 53,25 in February.
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"Devising solutions requires adaptation and building community resilience to the shocks of climate change weather-related events," said Shafiei.
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These figures say nothing of the cost of weather-related car crashes or environmental damage caused by snow removal.
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Some deaths were in weather-related accidents At least 16 deaths have been linked to this week's extreme weather.
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A U.N. official said it could be one of the worst weather-related disasters ever in the Southern Hemisphere.
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He said many professional homebuilders could continue their work, but stores sold fewer snowblowers and winter weather-related merchandise.
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Iowa State Patrol confirmed one weather-related fatality in a semi-truck crash near Iowa City, IA late Saturday.
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Revenue was above forecasts, but the results were heavily impact by significant catastrophe losses, much of it weather-related.
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There are more frequent and more severe weather-related events — more droughts, more floods, more heat waves, more storms.
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As in Western Canada, dry, hot weather related to climate change has played an important role in the catastrophe.
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Some grocers may be stocking up on pork ahead of potential weather-related supply shortages next week, a trader said.
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A source familiar with the investigation told Reuters that there was no weather-related ban on landing at the airport.
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In North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany's most populous state, 41 people were injured in weather-related traffic accidents, police said.
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The watch area includes Dallas, where Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport reported weather-related delays of 31 to 45 minutes.
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Supply from top iron ore exporters Brazil and Australia has also recovered from weather-related disruptions, further weighing on prices.
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Thirteen people were killed in weather-related car crashes in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia on Saturday.
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The summer cooling season is now (effectively) finished and the primary weather-related demand for gas switches to space heating.
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The overall margin declined year on year, driven by the "adverse weather related inefficiencies" in the period, the company said.
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HSUS's team has also created a pet disaster plan kit to assist families that may face the weather-related catastrophe.
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A weather-related increase in exports last year yielded a modest gain in jobs, but it is not considered sustainable.
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Since 1980, there's been an increase in the frequency and damage of weather-related natural disasters in the United States.
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The game entered a weather-related delay with 8:31 remaining in the first quarter before either team had scored.
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Local and state governments could receive cash incentives to build infrastructure that can withstand flooding from extreme weather-related disasters.
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In 1994, the festival expanded to two weeks to cover the weather-related vagaries of when the trees would bloom.
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The company also said it recently faced some weather-related issues that temporarily impacted its supply of lettuce from California.
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Beyond Chicago and Detroit, other notable airports seeing a weather-related spike in cancellations were Milwaukee and Grand Rapids, Mich.
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The map delivers real-time information on air pollution along with hourly forecasts and helpful weather-related health and fitness recommendations.
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Three weather-related deaths also were reported in California and one person died in Pennsylvania, increasing the total nationwide to 250.
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He said one person had died but it was yet to be determined with certainty that the death was weather-related.
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Cook County, Illinois, had the most winter-weather-related fatalities of any county, with 462 recorded during the 36-year period.
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At least five people have died from weather-related causes since Houston began experiencing intense flooding Sunday, reports the Associated Press.
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Traders are closely monitoring near-term cash and wholesale pork prices in response to weather-related shutdowns at some packing plants.
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As climate change continues to roll along, the world is watching weather-related records fall and long-predicted catastrophes take place.
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Weather-related factors were measured over the course of the time period studied, but none could be connected to climate change.
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It cited multiple examples of weather-related tragedies that might have been preventable had more attention been paid to meteorological warnings.
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General insurer RSA fell 4.3 percent as high weather-related losses and weakness in commercial underwriting hit its annual operating profit.
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Food prices climb steadily due to "weather-related disruptions to agricultural production," affecting South and Southeast Asia, Australia, and North America.
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Resiliency is a term largely adopted by the Trump administration across multiple agencies meaning preparing for future — typically weather related — events.
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Others had less of a claim on anything weather-related but made a wishful leap into the conversation all the same.
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Flooding may and icy conditions will continue across the South, where five people have been killed recently in weather-related incidents.
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She said the fact workers could only work part time was a big factor affecting wages, and it was weather related.
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The retailer, whose other stores include Zales and Kay, said weather-related incidents shaved 10 cents a share off its earnings.
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Heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the US, killing an average of about 130 people a year.
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While it's hard to connect any single natural disaster to climate change, weather-related calamities worldwide have increased in recent years.
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And the air pollution from wildfires is just one among a growing roster of weather-related disasters wreaking havoc for humanity.
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High-altitude launches, Hart said, allow satellites to be placed in their intended orbit more efficiently and minimize weather-related cancellations.
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Ms. McClory, Captain Pierman's daughter, said her father did not believe that the bluish-white lights he saw were weather-related.
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Also, the lawsuit alleges the company knew or should have known that Zobayan had violated weather-related flight rules in 2015.
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With weather-related delays, the project took four and a half years to complete, at a cost of about $10 million.
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It's pithier than ponderous phrases like "taking offense" (which sounds petulant) or "taking umbrage" (which sounds British, parliamentary, possibly weather-related).
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And flooded roads contribute to many weather-related deaths, as drivers attempting to cross flooded roads get stuck or washed away.
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As many as nine people were killed in traffic accidents in two states that may have been weather-related, authorities said.
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According to the US Department of Transportation, approximately 1.2 million weather-related car crashes occur in the United States each year.
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Profits in Canada shrank, however, hurt by a rise in bodily injury claims and large commercial insurance and weather-related losses.
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Planes leaving Detroit, for example, are the most likely to face weather-related delays in the months of December, January, and February.
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Missouri's Highway Patrol has confirmed seven weather-related deaths since May 21 - three victims of tornadoes and four from rain and flooding.
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The overwhelming majority, or 96 percent of the counties included in the study, had 50 or fewer winter-weather-related automobile fatalities.
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Dr. McGinn also says weather-related mood changes might be triggered by certain memories or experiences you might associate with the weather.
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" Merck: "As the climate changes, there will be expanded markets for products for tropical and weather related diseases including water borne illness.
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And the state is not alone: Research shows climate change is already increasing the number of weather-related outages across the country.
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The company also said activity in the current quarter was expected to be weak due to holiday and seasonal weather-related downtimes.
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ET, is expected to show U.S. job growth likely increased by 213.0,21.0 jobs in April after a weather-related slowdown in March.
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Cashin said there's speculation that weather-related hits to hiring in October may create a stronger-than-expected spring-back in November.
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Profit did fall from a year earlier, however, due to higher weather-related losses, but premiums did rise to a record high.
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A series of hurricanes, wildfires, and other severe weather-related events have made 2000 the costliest year on record for natural disasters.
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At least 13 people were killed in weather-related car crashes in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia on Saturday.
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They have the benefit of being able to be launched quickly and precisely, without launch range scheduling issues and weather-related delays.
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But the report also revised down the two previous monthly estimates of job growth, suggested the slowdown is not all weather related.
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And with climate change increasing the frequency and intensity of weather-related events, such preparation is more important than ever, he says.
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According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the months when American flights experience the most weather-related delays are May, June and July.
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Morning commute: With the snowfall stopping well before rush hour, the subways ran without significant weather-related delays through the morning commute.
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"It was certainly a good number, with some weather-related bounce-back in construction," said Diane Swonk, an economist with Grant Thornton.
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"Regulators are becoming concerned about insurer solvency in the face of increasingly severe weather-related losses," according to a report by Deloitte.
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The Amazon-owned company also said it recently faced some weather-related issues that temporarily impacted the availability of lettuce from California.
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Hydropower is also likely to recover once the weather-related restrictions ease, which is likely to trim demand for coal-fired power.
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General insurer RSA also fell 3 percent as high weather-related losses and weakness in commercial underwriting hit its annual operating profit.
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While no energy infrastructure is failsafe, coal plants are less vulnerable to weather-related disruptions, and their fuel is more easily protected.
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United Nations meteorologist Clare Nullis has said that Idai could rank among the worst weather-related disasters in the Southern Hemisphere, ever.
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Three people died in a weather-related crash near Greenwood, Nebraska Sunday, according to a press release from the Nebraska State Patrol.
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If you don't factor in these weather-related losses, then the economy would have added about 67,000 jobs in September, he calculates.
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In Gilford, New Hampshire, a 16-year-old girl was killed in a weather-related accident, police Chief Anthony Bean Burpee told CNN.
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Weather-related issues were broadly at fault after a cyclone hit Western Australia's iron ore mining belt, called the Pilbara, earlier this year.
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Chicago had light snow but it was not known whether the incident was weather-related, Chicago Department of Aviation spokeswoman Karen Pride said.
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Since the National Emergencies Act became law, presidents have declared at least 58 states of emergency, excluding weather-related events, USA Today reported.
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Already, the data show many more frequent high-loss events since 2000—lots of them weather-related—than in the two preceding decades.
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Investigators will scour the wreckage and interview pilots, controllers and witnesses for clues to any technical malfunctions, human error or weather-related problems.
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The California Department of Transportation estimated that weather-related damages on its state highway system since January to be more than $1 billion.
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"Weather-related constraints to agricultural production and delays in implementation of public investment programmes could dampen economic activity," he told a news conference.
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In reality, all three are to blame, and such weather-related disasters will only become more costly until government officials accept that fact.
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" DON ELLENBERGER, HEAD OF MULTI-SECTOR STRATEGIES, FEDERATED INVESTORS, PITTSUBURGH "The headline number was a miss, which may stem from weather-related effects.
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Iron ore has been rocked by the rolling dam-related closures of Vale's Brazilian mines as well as weather-related losses in Australia.
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At least five people died in weather-related crashes on roads in Missouri and Kansas, according to the highway patrolmen in both states.
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At least 76 people in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have died in weather-related incidents, the Associated Press (AP) reported, citing a local official.
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The retailer's merchandising and supply chain teams have previously dealt with different weather-related disasters at once, Harrigan said without giving specific examples.
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That is one reason travelers might have weather-related flight delays even if the sun is shining at their origination and destination cities.
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Weather-related events across the country "have converged to make the past year one of the worst for agriculture in decades," Politico writes.
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More closures were likely on Thursday as meat packers sought to protect workers and limit potential weather-related damages to trucks and other equipment.
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Extreme weather The big late-winter storm spared parts of the Northeast, but five weather-related deaths were reported in three states and Canada.
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State troopers said they had responded to several weather-related crashes and warned that ice-covered bridges were hazardous in the area of Birmingham.
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Sergeant Perez was bravely serving the City of Houston in the face of this unprecedented weather-related disaster when his vehicle entered high water.
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The bad news is that storms and floods still account for almost three-quarters of weather-related disasters, and they are becoming more common.
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Insurer Travelers missed Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Tuesday, as weather-related losses led to an 22.28% drop in underwriting gain.
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And insurers have started to use forensic meteorologists, who can verify conditions for exact locations and times, to help spot false weather-related claims.
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It's the worst weather-related disaster in the country since 2011, when nearly 100 people were killed by two typhoons in August and September.
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One of the takeaways of disasters like Irma and Harvey is that these kinds of weather-related power interruptions are almost impossible to avoid.
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It is inevitable for smaller insurers to increase their reliance on reinsurance to mitigate their claims from severe weather-related events such as flooding.
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For instance, they have placed big wagers on rising coffee prices this year, because of weather-related crop damage in Vietnam, Indonesia and Brazil.
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At least five people have died from weather-related causes since Houston began experiencing major flooding late Sunday night, according to the Associated Press.
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Mexican demand can also help offset weather-related declines in U.S. demand, and for that reason it has helped support the price of gas.
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The weather-related cancellations and delays stacked up after the winter storm began on Thursday, January 4, and the problems continued throughout the weekend.
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For individuals who live in natural disaster-prone areas, it's become increasingly important to know what to do should a weather-related catastrophe strike.
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The cause of the collapse was still unknown as of Friday evening, but it did not appear to be weather related, Mr. Spalding said.
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Though the decrease could be weather-related, there is real concern over the effect drilling could have on vital areas where the birds live.
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Nevertheless, in both cases these storms demonstrate the increase in weather-related disasters that may be attributed to global climate change from human activity.
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Missouri State Highway Police said the state saw four weather-related fatalities on its roads, 53 injury crashes, and 525 calls from stranded motorists.
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American Airlines, United, JetBlue and other airlines issued travel advisories over the weekend anticipating weather-related cancellations and delays for the next few days.
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Hurricane Ophelia, now a post-tropical cyclone, is adding to an especially brutal few months for climate and weather-related disasters around the world.
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Mexican demand can also help offset weather-related declines in U.S. demand, and for that reason it has helped support the price of natural gas.
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Its new owner is Watch Out, the company behind an app that sends alerts about things like product and food recalls and weather-related emergencies.
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But if there's one thing you take away from any weather-related story, it's that, well, the weather is often a very difficult physics problem.
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Context: In 2018, AXIS endured significant losses from global weather-related events, including pre-tax losses of $125 million to $150 million from California wildfires.
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Travelers Cos Inc fell 343% after the insurer's second-quarter profit missed estimates, as weather-related losses led to an 18% drop in underwriting gain.
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Travelers Cos Inc fell 373% after the insurer's second-quarter profit missed estimates, as weather-related losses led to an 18% drop in underwriting gain.
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After taking off from Boston, the flight had to be diverted to Rapid City, South Dakota because of what CNN described as weather-related turbulence.
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Brazil's government forecast corn exports would grow by 25% this season, to 31 million tonnes, even before the weather-related issues affected U.S. corn plantings.
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"The Q3 update is reassuringly inline, confirming that the company has been performing well since the weather-related issues in Q1," said Peel Hunt analysts.
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Travelers Cos Inc fell 2.5% after the insurer's second-quarter profit missed estimates, as weather-related losses led to an 18% drop in underwriting gain.
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Travelers Companies Inc fell 2.0% after the insurer's second-quarter profit missed estimates, as weather-related losses led to an 18% drop in underwriting gain.
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Authorities said Thursday that one death in Payne County was attributable to flooding and 74 people statewide have been hospitalized because of weather-related injuries.
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Travelers Cos Inc fell 2.3% after the insurer's second-quarter profit missed estimates, as weather-related losses led to an 18% drop in underwriting gain.
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The company did say that sales were impacted by weather-related closures during the quarter, as well as a later start to tax refund season.
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Home Depot said its strong start to the year was characterized by weather-related demand spikes that added $250 million to sales in the quarter.
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And without this research, government entities will be hard pressed when it comes to making decisions on how to protect communities from weather-related hazards.
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While coking coal has been affected by weather-related disruptions in Australia, the price of thermal coal has mostly been driven by Chinese import demand.
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Despite the temporary influx of claims as a result of the weather-related destruction on the island, the underlying trend hinted at tightening labor markets.
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As FedEx expands its distribution network, designers and engineers weigh the potential impact of weather-related events on service operations, FedEx spokeswoman Meredith Miller said.
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With historic hurricane and fire seasons hitting the US in recent years, weather-related disasters could be driving more people to care about climate change.
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If they believe the disaster is simply weather-related rather than manmade, they're more likely to accept it, said Peek, from the University of Colorado.
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Two senior Petrobangla officials said the state-run firm would contest Excelerate's declaration of force majeure on the project due to the weather-related delays.
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Even insurance industry experts admit that there has been a 85033 percent increase in payouts due to weather-related catastrophes in the last five years.
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It&aposs like I come down with temporary weather-related amnesia each October and it takes me a few tries to get seasonal dressing right.
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Some of that increase was weather related, but another big reason for the change was the growing economy: Emissions from factories, planes and trucks soared.
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And if you're going to be traveling, the 22-hour battery life will make sure you'll be ready for any possible layovers or weather-related delays.
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"We saw low volumes last month, but that was bad weather-related and now we're seeing a rebound," Daniel Gerber, Petro-Logistics' chief executive, told Reuters.
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A 52 percent majority says that failure to address climate change will cost more through the consequences of weather-related events such as droughts or floods.
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In addition to weak margins, weather-related impacts on California refineries and the sale of the Cape Town refinery in South Africa led to lower activity.
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The clinic has emergency plans for accidental, weather-related outages that are repaired quickly, but the ambiguity of this blackout's length and timing made things challenging.
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Japan is experiencing what could be one of the worst weather-related disasters in its history, following the heaviest rainfall the country has experienced for decades.
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Image 2700 of 241.1 TOKYO – More than 2106 people died in July from weather-related disasters in one of Japan&aposs deadliest months in recent years.
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The World Bank says weather-related disasters – from floods and droughts to cyclones and landslides – have cost Africa over $10 billion in the last two decades.
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Halliburton said it expected pricing pressure to continue globally and activity in the current quarter to be weak due to holiday and seasonal weather-related downtime.
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A study by Aon Benfield determined that 28503 was the costliest year on record solely for weather-related economic losses, which totaled more than $22019 billion.
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We expect aggregate combined ratios to improve to below 100% in 2018, from around 100% in 2017 and 100.7% in 2016, assuming average weather-related claims.
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Weather-related disasters in 2202 cost $2628 billion, equal to what the United States agreed to spend on its entire surface transportation from 28500 to 6900.
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AccuWeather is a popular forecast app, and one that users might trust to use their location for weather-related purposes rather than third-party data sales.
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He called it "one of the worst weather-related catastrophes in the history of Africa," and urged the international community to send relief and funds quickly.
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The government won't release state-specific data for another two weeks, and even then it will be hard to distinguish weather-related effects from other forces.
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He reportedly owns his own weather balloon, he follows dozens of weather-related accounts on social media and often posts about the forecast wherever he's playing.
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Wheat futures dipped to near a one-week low, as the world wheat market continued to take profits from the recent weather-related rally, traders said.
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In the past, when local and state authorities have declared states of emergency, it was often in response to weather-related disasters like hurricanes and blizzards.
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Data from the US Natural Hazard Statistics show that heat caused the most weather-related fatalities, on average, between both 226 and 2015 and 2006 and 2015.
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Separately, iron-ore prices might find some support after both Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton this week cut their production targets, partly due to weather-related disruptions.
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While typhoons and fires grab headlines, heatwaves kill more people than any other weather-related disaster, though the deaths are rarely attributed to heat, the GHHIN said.
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Global demand for natural gas surged by 4.6% in 2018, driven by strong economic growth, the transition away from coal-fired electric power and weather-related demand.
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Travelers Cos Inc was down 2.41% after the insurer missed estimates for second-quarter profit, as weather-related losses led to an 18% drop in underwriting gain.
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Revenue beat forecasts on higher net investment income and premiums, but the insurer also saw higher non-weather related casualty losses than it had a year before.
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Over 60% of those delays were because of a lack of capacity or staff, 20163% were weather-related and 14% caused by strikes by controllers and others.
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Weather-related natural disasters are on the rise, and AVs could become powerful tools for activating response systems and for collecting and sharing data, news and warnings.
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Even with a modest weather-related uptick forecast for the end of the year, oil demand growth in 2016 will struggle to get above 1.3 mb/d.
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Travelers said its earnings were hit by a series of weather-related and other natural disasters, including the Fort McMurray wildfires in Canada's Alberta oil sands region.
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Travelers Cos Inc was down 1.1% after the insurer missed estimates for second-quarter profit, as weather-related losses led to an 18% drop in underwriting gain.
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Seven flights were canceled due to weather on Monday, when the temperature reached 118 degrees, rounding out the total to 50 weather-related cancellations in two days.
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Travelers Cos Inc was down 1.5% after the insurer missed estimates for second-quarter profit, as weather-related losses led to an 18% drop in underwriting gain.
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The reasons for higher claims included more weather-related claims in Latin America and a higher frequency of medium-sized risk claims in Asia, the company said.
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The University of Missouri men's basketball game Saturday at the University of South Carolina was moved to Sunday because of weather-related travel problems, the team tweeted.
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The economy is gradually normalising following a series of weather-related shocks in 2017 and may grow 4.4 percent this year, the IMF said in a statement.
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While many perils are covered under the standard part of your policy, some weather-related events fall under a different part that comes with a different deductible.
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The Humane Society of the United States' Animal Rescue Team has created a pet disaster plan kit to assist families that could face a weather-related catastrophe.
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Travelers said on Thursday its second-quarter earnings were hit by a series of weather-related and other natural disasters, including the Fort McMurray wildfires in Canada.
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Most weather-related outages happen because of problems with the transmission and distribution system, the lines that carry electric power from generating plants to homes and businesses.
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Fitch expects CUPI to further strengthen its risk-adjusted capitalisation to provide a buffer against underwriting volatility from potential claims associated with extreme weather-related catastrophe events.
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The third fourball session was moved up due to predicted inclement weather related to Tropical Storm Kong-Rey, but was unable to be completed due to darkness.
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Production jumped 1.1 percent in February, the largest increase in four months after a weather-related rebound in construction and a better results from oil and mining.
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Storm has left thousands in the dark In Colorado, at least 235,503 Xcel Energy customers were affected by weather-related power outages, company spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo said.
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These school closings may last longer than weather-related ones, necessitating a new mind-set that learning doesn't stop because kids are not at a traditional school.
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Sarpy County, near Omaha, saw a total of 21 weather-related crashes Sunday, Lt. Matt Core, Sarpy County Sheriff's Office night watch commander, told CNN Sunday night.
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While some unavailable capacity during the vortex was due to natural gas shortages, particularly in the Northeast, the gas constraint was secondary to cold-weather related outages.
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"If you were to look at Singapore, if something was to happen at Changi in terms of weather-related risk, Singapore would have a problem," he said.
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Data pointed to underlying strength in the economy despite weather-related disruptions, with the trade deficit narrowing in August and jobless claims falling more than expected last week.
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Overall, four weather-related deaths were also reported in California and one person died in Pennsylvania, increasing the nationwide total to 25 since the storms hit last weekend.
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Hannover Re expects to continue expanding its weather-related insurance portfolio, and Heimfarth sees satellite rainfall estimates like CHIRPS as a key technology to help them do that.
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But the world's largest producer of potash by capacity said volumes were down as strong demand in offshore markets only partially offset lower, weather-related U.S. sales volumes.
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Six weather-related fatalities included the death of a 16-year-old girl in a single-car crash in Gilford, New Hampshire, according to the city police department.
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Asia, home to two-thirds of the world's population, is extremely vulnerable to weather-related disasters, whose frequency and intensity could worsen as a result of climate change.
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In a note, they said they do believe there will be some hurricane-related rebound, after weather related swings in October in retail, construction and leisure and hospitality.
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According to S&P Global, a rating agency, in 2017 just 15% of companies in the S&P 500 index disclosed effects on earnings from weather-related events.
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I'm pretty sure then, as now, I experienced weather-related depression during the dark, drizzly, cloud-covered days that characterize much of the year in the Pacific Northwest.
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There were some weather-related delays at export ports, and the Refinitiv data suggests that Australia's shipments to China will lift in March to around 52.1 million tonnes.
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"For safety, all services along the NEC are temporarily suspended due to multiple weather related issues," Amtrak wrote in a tweet, using an acronym for the Northeast Corridor.
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Southwest said of its expected cancellations, about 22,21 would be weather-related and about 2367.82,800 due to unscheduled maintenance disruptions and the grounding of the 737 MAX 8.
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That error, State argued, compounded by a weather-related government closure, meant it wouldn't be able to get the final batch of emails out by the original deadline.
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Almost everyone living in Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Slovenia would be affected by weather-related disasters, causing 700 deaths per 1513 million people annually.
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Heat is one of the country's leading weather-related killers, and each year dozens of Americans die from overexposure to high temperatures, according to The National Weather Service.
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The second is that if we aren't willing to take steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions, then the weather related issues will only get worse in the future.
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U.S. industrial production rose 0.5 percent in March as a rebound in utilities from the prior month's weather-related decline offset sluggish output of machinery and food products.
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Among those weather-related cancellations were two Minneapolis-bound Sun Country flights that had been scheduled to depart the Mexican resort cities of Cabo San Lucas and Mazatlán.
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Across New York City, cellphones blared on Monday morning with the dissonant but familiar tone of an emergency alert, typically used for weather-related advisories or abducted children.
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Frequent storms led to weather-related delays, while American Airlines — for which DFW is a hub — had problems with delays stemming from myriad maintenance and alleged labor issues.
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Weather-related disruptions may cause a short price spike, but the safety issues for Vale have morphed from being a temporary concern into something that appears almost structural.
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Analysts have said investments in logistics and supply chain by home improvement chains during a weather-related disaster typically brings about 10 to 15 times more in sales.
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An increase in losses from weather-related disasters will cause premiums to rise and make it more expensive for business and property owners to buy insurance, he said.
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Deckers Outdoor – Deckers was upgraded to "buy" from "hold" at Stifel Nicolaus, which said the footwear maker's product mix now gives the company protection from weather-related volatility.
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Deckers Outdoor (DECK) was upgraded to "buy" from "hold" at Stifel Nicolaus, which said the footwear maker's product mix now gives the company protection from weather-related volatility.
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The storm system will cause widespread weather-related hazards through the Thanksgiving weekend as it tracks west to east across the lower 48, the National Weather Service said.
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The United Nations estimates that 2110 billion people have been hit by weather-related disasters in the last two decades, with low-income countries suffering the biggest losses.
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Laura Lightbody leads the Pew Charitable Trusts' initiative to help communities reduce the effects of weather-related catastrophes on the U.S. economy and environment through national policy reform.
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Mozambique ranks third in Africa as the most exposed to weather-related hazards, including cyclones, droughts and floods — the number and intensity of which are likely to increase.
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Last month some of it was maybe weather related and with food services and drinking places adding 27,000 jobs, probably puts a little bit of credence in that.
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The storm is also blamed for the deaths of at least 10 people, who died in weather-related crashes, including an Illinois state trooper, according to The Weather Channel.
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The heavy rain resulted in some flooding to streets and major freeways, forcing more than a dozen people to be rescued and several weather-related fatalities in Southern California.
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The storms were the result of what's known as atmospheric rivers, which produced floods up and down the state and heavy winds that led to several weather-related deaths.
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FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program statistics show that flooding typically causes the most damage of any weather-related event, valued on average at $8 billion a year.
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Corn edged down as traders waited for further indications on weather-related planting delays in the U.S. Midwest, which had pushed prices to a 10-day high on Monday.
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Some of the day's kill reduction was weather related, but some packers intentionally cut slaughters to improve their margins and drive up wholesale beef values, said CHS Hedging Inc.
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Heat is one of the leading causes of weather-related deaths in the US. More than 600 people are killed each year by extreme heat, according to the CDC.
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Snowstorms may get the most attention for wreaking havoc on flight schedules, but it is actually the summer months that see the most weather-related flight delays in America.
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"Traders have removed enough weather-related risk premium for now though, which is allowing the market to stabilize," said Karl Setzer, a commodity market risk analyst with AgriVisor LLC.
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Other than weather-related incidents, two midperformance deaths in 1988 and 1996 were the only incidents to cause cancellations during a show, according to Met Press Director Sam Neuman.
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"I think it will trade in this narrow range unless there is a new trigger in terms of a fairly significant weather-related phenomenon in growing regions," Verghese said.
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The Goldman Sachs economists forecast 200,000 nonfarm payrolls for April and expect a weather-related boost of between 2003,000 and 40,000 as workers returned to work after March storms.
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Governors Ball, the three-day New York City music festival, is known for a lot of things: top performers, delicious food, general weather-related misfortune, crop tops, face jewelry.
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The University of Missouri men's basketball game at the University of South Carolina was also canceled Saturday because of weather-related travel issues, according to the team's Twitter account.
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Homeowners' insurance generally covers basic weather-related issues, but for those who own higher-value property (and other assets, like yachts or fine art), financial losses can be massive.
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But absent a weather-related disruption in Australia, it's likely China could buy all it needs without tapping U.S. supplies, although this may result in a shuffling among buyers.
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Also, since some insurance providers are adding separate deductibles for certain weather-related damage, it may be worth setting side money to pay those fees should the need arise.
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It was a patchwork approach — different schools in different districts doing different things — that caused confusion and consternation among parents weary of weather-related disruptions to their family's routines.
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The experience showed Trumbower that just because you have homeowners insurance, it doesn't mean your policy covers what you'd assume it does when your property suffers weather-related damage.
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When weather-related catastrophes such as floods and hurricanes strike these densely populated and highly developed areas, the costs — both in human lives and property damage — can be astronomical.
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For example, the federal government could offer consumer credits and zero interest loans to purchase electric vehicles and to rebuild homes hit by weather related disasters using renewable energy.
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PJM will look into how to best maintain energy security when demand is high, or when certain energy sources are unavailable due to physical, cyber or weather-related issues.
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Other benefits include safer work zones, less environmental impact, reduced weather-related delays and bridges that are generally more durable than those constructed using conventional methods, says the FHA.
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Advanced researchers typically need a Ph.D. Atmospheric scientists study the weather and climate to develop forecasts and tools to collect weather data and advise clients on weather-related risks.
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Other weather-related disasters, from fires in the West to hurricanes in the Southeast, have converged to make the past year one of the worst for agriculture in decades.
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"Retail sales have been weak for some time, suggesting it was not weather-related," Stifel chief economist Lindsey Piegza told the Reuters Global Markets Forum chat room on Wednesday.
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The casualties brought the week's weather-related death toll to at least seven, as forecasters said the rain and threat of damaging winds were not expected to let up.
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Some of that increase was weather-related: A relatively cold winter led to a spike in the use of oil and gas for heating in areas like New England.
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Luca Alinovi, Nairobi-based executive director of GRP, who is in Bangkok to meet the winners, noted floods are the biggest driver of weather-related humanitarian crises around the world.
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However, the agency said a small staff will continue work related to "the protection of life and property" — which could include things like 911 outages or weather-related communications disruptions.
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The crash was one of six responded to by Evergreen fire and rescue crews on Thursday, Saba said, adding that two deaths were reported statewide in separate weather-related accidents.
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That error, State argued, compounded by a weather-related government closure, meant they wouldn't be able to get the final batch of emails out by the original January 29 deadline.
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At least 19 people were killed during the storm, including 13 people who died in weather-related car crashes in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia on Saturday.
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It forecast gas demand during the summer period will total 36.1 billion cubic meters, almost 6 percent higher than summer gas demand in 2018, once weather related adjustments were made.
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The Norfolk, Virginia-based carrier, whose network spans 22018 states across the eastern United States, struggled with service disruptions in recent months that included weather-related outages and crew shortages.
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It's also credited for safer work zones, less environmental impact, reduced weather-related delays and bridges that are more durable than those constructed using traditional methods, according to the FHA.
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Data on Thursday pointed to underlying strength in the economy despite weather-related disruptions, with the trade deficit narrowing in August and jobless claims falling more than expected last week.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. industrial production rose 0.5 percent in March as a rebound in utilities from the prior month's weather-related decline offset sluggish output of machinery and food products.
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December's 1.1 percent surge in manufacturing output, together with a rise in mining production, offset a weather-related drop in utilities, leading to a 0.3 percent increase in industrial production.
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Officials across multiple states have reported weather-related deaths in Milwaukee, Detroit, Rochester, Minnesota, and Illinois, including an 82-year-old man who died from exposure after falling outside his home.
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The governors of both states have already visited the U.S. territory and offered assistance, and energy concerns in both states have plenty of experience dealing with widespread, weather-related power outages.
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While Los Angeles has experienced some unusual weather-related events lately, fortunately, the fireball that lit up the skies on Wednesday and left many Angelenos baffled was not one of them.
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"There are reasons to adopt a cautious outlook as we head into 2016: rural incomes continue to feel the squeeze from rising inflation and weather-related crop damage," the report said.
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At least five people have died in weather related accidents since Monday, including four trapped in an unregulated mining pit, said Miguel Yamasaki, an official with state civil defense institute, Indeci.
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Plummeting temperatures across the country have claimed at least 21 lives since the beginning of this week — but the weather-related danger won't necessarily subside as soon as things warm up.
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With funding for environmental conservation, emergency preparedness and sound management of natural resources, countries can improve community resilience and reduce the damage from floods, droughts, fires and other weather-related disasters.
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Overall, weather-related disasters are expected to cause 22010,2350 deaths a year in Europe between 103 and 210, jumping from 2151,2500 weather disaster-related deaths a year between 1981 and 2010.
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"Despite weather-related shocks and some delays in implementation, program performance remains broadly on track," the IMF said after staff concluded a visit to review the country's economic and financial performance.
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We could see many more weather-related problems if the ocean continues to warm at this accelerated pace, especially if there is no human intervention to manage climate change, experts say.
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Official tallies of deaths during the storm were higher, but CNN has not been able to confirm individual reports, and it was unclear if all the reported fatalities were weather-related.
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CNN affiliate KHNL said that the Honolulu Fire Department handled 42 weather-related emergencies -- including 32 water evacuations -- in Oahu on Friday night, mainly on the eastern tip of the island.
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Plan now to protect yourself in the futureClimate change has reached the critical tipping point at which it's not if you will have to endure a weather-related incident, but when.
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The frequency and level of damage from weather-related natural hazards has increased in recent years in the United States, and it's more important than ever to have a game plan.
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Even third-ranked exporter South Africa, which faces capacity and weather-related constraints at its Richards Bay export harbour, managed to boost exports slightly in the three months to end-May.
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Stashing extra clothes, toiletries and snacks in a desk drawer will save you from having to tote everything back and forth, and it comes in handy when weather-related emergencies strike.
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Soybeans, which was the most valuable U.S. export crop, bounced off a decade low on Tuesday as the market's focus shifted to weather-related planting delays that could reduce the crop size.
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Flooding accounts for nearly half of all weather-related disasters, affecting more than 2.3 billion people in the past 20 years, 95 percent of whom live in Asia, according to the GRP.
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A actual F. That's why we weren't all that surprised to see so many protective styles at Coachella this past weekend... naturalistas know the struggle of weather-related shrinkage all too well.
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Official tallies of deaths during the storm were higher, but CNN has not been able to confirm individual reports, and it was unclear if all of the reported fatalities were weather-related.
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Business jets fly through regional airports which were less exposed than major hubs to weather-related delays and unpredictable security lines during a 35-day government shutdown that ended on Jan. 103.
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The band's set was abbreviated here by weather-related production delays, but there was time enough to play a feel-good version of "Reminisce," by the elastically suave R&B singer Bilal.
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Soybeans , which was the most valuable U.S. export crop, bounced off a decade low on Tuesday as the market's focus shifted to weather-related planting delays that could reduce the crop size.
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" Below are other key takeaways from readers: Don't forget the freezer Unlike weather-related emergencies, which can result in power outages that make the freezer iffy, this is mostly about "social distancing.
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Water accounts for 45 percent of damage to homes, according to Chubb, a property and casualty insurance company, with plumbing failures cited as the top cause of non-weather related water losses.
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Pollution does tend to go down around the Lunar New Year as many businesses close for celebrations, however, researchers believe this decrease is more than just a holiday or weather-related effect.
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While it is too early to gauge the magnitude of Cyclone Idai, the UN World Meteorological Organization projects the disaster could be among the worst weather-related disasters in the southern hemisphere.
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Last week, students in Georgia's Cherokee County School District were pretty sure they'd get a day off from school when the surrounding districts gave their kids a weather-related break, as PopSugar reported.
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The number of weather-related disasters such as hurricanes and floods rose 46 percent since 2000, but the number of deaths remained stable, suggesting that societies were improving protection measures against environmental catastrophes.
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"An Inconvenient Sequel" follows Gore, 68, a decade after his groundbreaking 2006 "An Inconvenient Truth," as he discussed environmental policy with state leaders and connected weather-related catastrophes to a global climate crisis.
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Also helping stocks, more data pointed to underlying strength in the U.S. economy despite weather-related disruptions, with the trade deficit narrowing in August and jobless claims falling more than expected last week.
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The company does note one exception to the rules, though, and that's in cases of emergencies when alerts are of "of broad community interest," such as weather-related warnings or public service announcements.
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The lower imports from Australia in April are most likely the result of earlier weather-related disruptions in the main producing area of Western Australia state that affected both mines and rail networks.
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But 91 percent of weather-related losses in Asia are uninsured, it added, compared with 32 percent in the United States, which had the highest level of insurance penetration in the study sample.
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Conflicts of all natures will arise as 6900 million people are on the move, escaping war, conflict and weather-related incidents that no longer allow them to live and flourish in their homelands.
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The weather-related disruption was especially aggravating for commuters from New Jersey and Long Island suburbs who have endured hours-long delays in recent weeks after derailments and other incidents at Penn Station.
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Beyond being able to reinforce embassy security, the units can use their aircraft to evacuate civilians, rescue downed aviators and come to the aid of countries struck by humanitarian or weather-related disasters.
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There were no immediate reports of weather-related injuries, but California Highway Patrol said four cars were damaged when large rocks fell from a cliff onto the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu Canyon.
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Munich Re, one of the world's largest reinsurance companies, said Wednesday that it expects to see an increase in the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters in certain parts of the world.
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In 2016, storms, floods and other weather-related disasters - not all of them driven by climate change - forced 23 million people to move within their countries, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
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Greg Abbott on May 27, covers lawsuits that come as a result of weather-related claims, including damage or loss of property due to "forces of nature" like hurricanes, wind, hail, snow or rainstorms.
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As for appliances, Ellison argues consumers don't care what the thermometer reads when it comes time to purchase a new stove or refrigerator, which will help protect the company from wild weather-related swings.
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Offutt is now the second major U.S air force base to be hit by a weather-related disaster in less than a year, after Hurricane Michael tore through Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.
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Why it matters: The conditions have been awful for farmers, and the agriculture and commodities markets, and now companies ranging from retail to industrials are highlighting weather-related struggles weighing on sales and revenue.
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One of the biggest speed bumps to preparing for El Nino's effect has been intermittent rain and dry spells on the West Coast — not steady downpours — that can trigger complacency about weather-related risks.
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"At first we thought it was weather-related, but then we realized everybody was afraid to go where a lot of people were," Da Xiong, owner of Heat Noodle restaurant, told Business Insider Today.
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" "While the water pipe break that occurred appears to be weather-related, we have launched an investigation into the incident to determine exactly what occurred and why an internal pipe was not weather-protected.
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The grave health risks of extreme heat Historically, heatwaves are the deadliest extreme weather-related events -- responsible for more deaths on average than floods, tornadoes and even hurricanes, according to National Weather Service statistics.
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For the current study, Bobb and colleagues wanted to see how the odds of hospital admissions for heart problems, weather-related issues like frostbite and injuries like falls fluctuated before, during and after storms.
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More than 60 million Americans from Colorado to New England are facing ice and snow Monday in a winter storm that has already caused havoc on roads, causing multiple deaths in weather-related accidents.
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The Australian miner's cash production costs stood at $13.06 per tonne in the March quarter, a 4 percent rise over the previous quarter owing to weather-related shipping disruptions but still well under market prices.
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While the economic toll of this year's storms is being calculated, the US Department of Energy estimated in 2013 that weather-related power outages cost the economy between $18 billion and $33 billion each year.
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UPS's operating profit in its U.S. domestic business, its biggest, fell 17.163 percent to $666 million in the first quarter ended March 31, as it included an $80 million hit due to weather-related disruptions.
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Flash floods have displaced 290,21984 people in Ethiopia and a total of almost half a million are expected to be affected this year, sparking another weather-related crisis in the country already experiencing severe drought.
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Flash floods have displaced 120,903 people in Ethiopia and a total of almost half a million are expected to be affected this year, sparking another weather-related crisis in the country already experiencing severe drought.
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In the U.S. alone, hurricanes caused $22100 billion in estimated losses between 1980 and 2014, accounting for more than half of all weather-related economic losses, the German reinsurance giant Munich Re estimated last year.
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Unusually mild weather in the first two months of the year may have shifted hiring in weather-related industries like construction earlier than normal, creating a drop in new hires last month, some analysts noted.
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A 2-degree temperature hike would lead to more frequent weather-related disasters and displace large numbers of people, according to the Climate Vulnerable Forum, a coalition of the countries most affected by climate change.
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Typhoon Trami, rated category 2 by Tropical Storm Risk, with category 5 the highest, is the latest storm to threaten Japan in a year of weather-related woes, including punishing heat, heavy rains and landslides.
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The bank raised its second quarter annualized growth estimate for Canada to 2.3% from 103%, in part because of temporary factors such as the reversal of weather-related softness and a surge in oil-exports.
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In addition, the report showed that the most frequently submitted claims for homeowners were weather related; wind and hail, water damage and freezing and all other property damage were the top three most frequent claims.
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"Gasoline demand rebounded smartly to more normal levels for this time year, giving credence to the view that some of the lackluster demand was weather-related," said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital Management.
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The decline so far this year in imports from the United States is more likely related to Australian coking coal being more competitive - and available, given the absence this year of major weather-related outages.
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COLOMBO, June 2 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan rupee traded slightly weaker on Friday as importer dollar demand outpaced the greenback selling by exporters, while investors weighed consequences of weather-related damage to the economy, dealers said.
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That is a very valuable lesson our nation can learn from a horrific weather-related tragedy that befell London in 1952, bathing the city in toxic smog that claimed the lives of thousands of people.
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The last El Niño, a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific every few years, occurred from around 2015 to 2016, and caused weather-related crop damage, fires and flash floods.
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Typhoon Trami, rated category 2 by Tropical Storm Risk, with category 5 the highest, is the latest storm to threaten Japan in a year of grim weather-related woes, including punishing heat, heavy rains and landslides.
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LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) - London-listed insurer RSA posted a 14 percent rise in first-quarter net written premiums on Thursday and said operating profits were ahead of plan, helped by below-average weather-related losses.
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Benchmark cocoa futures on the Intercontinental Exchange in New York hit $2122,2000 per metric ton on February 22016, the lowest level since March 22016, in an extended year-long decline after 230's weather-related rally.
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Traders took the report in stride because refinery maintenance largely explains the build in crude stocks, while lower gasoline demand was probably weather-related, said Helima Croft, global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
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It's just one of many weather-related effects that scientists forecast are likely to occur as concentrations of heat-trapping carbon dioxide continue to rise in the Earth's atmosphere—from stronger hurricanes to weaker polar vortexes.
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An El Nino - a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific that typically happens every few years - last occurred in 2015-2016 and caused weather-related crop damage, fires and flash floods.
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Operating profit in its U.S. domestic business, its biggest, dropped to $666 million in the quarter ended March 31, from $73 million a year earlier, largely due to an $80 million hit from weather-related disruptions.
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About 60 percent of people are not prepared for a disaster, even though 8 in 10 Americans live in places that have been hit by a weather-related calamity, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Along with cuts to climate research, satellites, and other weather-related programs, the cuts will put a big strain on the forecasters we're currently relying on to get ready as Irma grows into a monster storm.
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A fourth weather-related death may have occurred in Oklahoma, where the Highway Patrol said a woman apparently drowned after driving around a barricade Tuesday near Perkins, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northeast of Oklahoma City.
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"Irrespective of the evidence ... pointing to weather-related factors, the conduct of the three pilots in the cockpit was not carried out in accordance with established protocols," and violated company procedures, Conesa said in the letter.
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"Given the direction of Congress, the USCP will be monitoring any weather-related activity on the Capitol grounds, and also monitoring conditions to ensure a positive and safe experience for the young sledders," the statement said.
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The last El Nino, a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacifc that typically occurs every few years, occurred from 2015/2016 and caused weather-related crop damage, fires and flash floods.
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Complicating the outlook, the most recent U.S. consumption data have been mixed because of weather-related disruptions, first the Midwest floods at the start of the year and then snow blizzards at the end of January.
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Compared to other weather-related causes of death, heat is a quiet but prolific killer, causing more deaths annually in the United States — about 130 — than flooding, lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes or cold, according to federal data.
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This explanation is supported by recent findings that a majority of Americans believe that the weather-related disasters we have been experiencing are becoming more severe and that the main culprit is a warmer global climate.
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But late Monday, because of a weather-related scheduling change, Shiffrin pulled out of Wednesday's downhill, leaving just a single event for this classic matchup that may not have too many more chances for the spotlight.
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Los Angeles (CNN)Ara Zobayan, the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in California, killing NBA legend Kobe Bryant, violated weather-related flight rules in 2015, according to Federal Aviation Administration enforcement records obtained by CNN.
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It's a costly process, but analysts have said that investments in logistics and the supply chain by home improvement retailers during a weather-related disaster typically bring in around 10 to 15 times more in sales.
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"We expect 2020 to be part of this trend towards increasing losses from weather-related disasters, a trend that we have been observing over the last decade," Ernst Rauch, Munich Re's chief climatologist, told CNN Business.
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These claims are not supported by the facts, including high fixed costs associated with a capital-intensive industry, volatile global oil markets, and the need for agility in the wake of unforeseen events, usually weather-related.
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Also in Michigan, Ford Motor Company—which is testing self-driving cars at Mcity—said last year that it's using ultra-detailed road mapping to overcome some of the weather-related limitations of self-driving cars.
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Peru's inflation-targeting monetary policy regime is credible, supported by the anchoring of inflation expectations within the central bank's 2%+/-1% target band, despite the presence of financial dollarization and transitory exchange-rate and weather-related shocks.
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Preparations for the 2578 Winter Olympics in South Korea have had their share of challenges — political as well as ticket- and weather-related — but officials say the doubts cast by headlines are not reflected on the ground.
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The disaster records also helped the researchers determine "human vulnerability" -- the relationship between weather exposure and how it affects humans -- to seven weather-related disasters: heat waves, cold waves, wildfires, droughts, river and coastal flooding and windstorms.
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Homeowners in high-risk areas will want to re-evaluate their policies with the help of an insurance adviser, though all homeowners can expect their premiums to climb thanks to the rising cost of weather-related disasters.
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While most parents have worked from home with their kids for the occasional sick day or weather-related school closure, the prospect of doing so for weeks on end amid long-term school closures is especially daunting.
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The N.W.H.L., in its fourth season, has had travel-and weather-related postponements before, as have other professional leagues like the W.N.B.A. Despite partnerships with four N.H.L. franchises, N.W.H.L. teams still travel with budgetary and time constraints.
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In the Atlanta area, where temperatures were hovering around freezing on Wednesday but were expected to plunge into the teens after nightfall, doctors said they had been seeing an unusual number of patients with weather-related emergencies.
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While airlines may offer to pay for hotel and meals during an overnight delay when the reason is the airline's fault — mechanical problems, for example — they typically will not do so when the reason is weather-related.
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US government scientists have pointed to the role that climate change has played in what have been the costliest back-to-back years in weather-related disaster costs, totaling well over $350 billion in 2017 and 2018.
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"Products demand continues to rally on better industrial performance and weather-related support ... Rising oil prices have done little to dampen the growth so far," said Sri Paravaikkarasu, head of East of Suez Oil, at consultancy FGE.
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INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS and RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES (IFRC) Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General 1) Early action — early warning technology alerts us to seasonal or anticipated weather-related events that have the potential to devastate communities.
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"If the worst fears are realized ... then we can say that it is one of the worst weather-related disasters, tropical-cyclone-related disasters in the southern hemisphere," said Clare Nullis of the U.N. World Meteorological Organization.
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WATCH: Mom of Teen Missing at Sea With Friend Showed 'Egregious Lapse of Judgment,' Report Concludes The FDLE's report accompanies another by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which concluded that the boy's disappearance was weather-related.
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Air travel at multiple hubs, including Denver, Chicago, Minneapolis and even Dallas, is likely to be hit with weather-related delays related to either heavy snow, strong winds, thunderstorms or a combination of these threats through early Thursday.
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"Despite the possible weather-related distortions, there's continued strength in sentiment readings for both businesses and households as initial jobless claims hover around a 49-year low, leaving the jobs market picture upbeat," she said in a note.
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Those weather-related disasters appear to be shifting public views about climate change as people see the connection between warmer temperatures and things that imperil their personal well-being — rising seas, devastating floods, damaging storms and horrific wildfires.
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PBS fended off fireworks from viewers after admitting that its broadcast of the Independence Day Show from the National Mall in Washington tried to compensate for weather-related visibility problems by intercutting footage of pyrotechnics from previous years.
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The last El Niño, a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific that typically occurs every few years, occurred from around 2015 to 2016 and caused weather-related crop damage, fires and flash floods.
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The guidance laid out specific areas to consider, including the impacts on businesses from weather-related events that can disrupt manufacturing and distribution processes; future climate change regulations that might impact coal/energy production; and international treaty obligations.
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Last month, for instance, the governor was on his way back to Albany, N.Y., after announcing a weather-related state of emergency at a Thruway exit in Kingston when he came upon a two-car accident in Selkirk.
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Droughts have killed more people in the last century than any other weather-related catastrophe and risk sparking violent conflict in some of world's most conflict- and drought-prone regions, said a statement by the WFC and UNCCD.
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In its most recent earnings in August, Aviva posted a 2 percent fall in first-half operating profit, hit by disposal costs, weaker profits in Canada, one of its core markets, and a rise in weather-related claims.
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"The May rebound confirms some weather-related weakness in early 2018 [but] it also shows that the underlying trend of economic growth is weak in the first half of 2018," the analysts said in a note to clients.
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In western Corn Belt states, where weather-related damage to agriculture was estimated at $3 billion or more in March, many farmers were relieved to hear Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds would be available to afflicted growers.
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The US also spent more money on weather-related disasters in 2017 than any year before — $306 billion, according to a NOAA study — due to an extremely active hurricane season, and a series of devastating wildfires in California.
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"Heat waves, which are extreme heat events that last several days, are the No. 1 cause of US weather-related fatalities on average over the last 30 years, more than tornadoes, more than floods, more than lightning," she said.
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The world's largest retailer said the results put it in a "good position" to achieve its full-year goals, even though it will face tougher comparisons during the second quarter because of weather-related benefits it reaped in 2018.
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January inflation data on Wednesday will probably show the consumer price index rose 2.8% from last year, higher than the previous month's 2.5% due to weather-related price spikes, but still inside the central bank's 2%-7.53% comfort range.
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The main beneficiary of Australia's weather-related misfortune was Indonesia, the world's top exporter of thermal coal, with vessel-tracking data showing its exports to China rose 37 percent to 9.49 million tonnes in April from March's 6.93 million.
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France's economy has underperformed the eurozone in the last two years, but growth momentum has improved as the temporary, terror-and-weather related weakness of mid-2016 fades (GDP increased by 0.4% qoq in 1Q17, following 13% in 4Q16).
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Ms. Shrager, who lives in Slingerlands, N.Y., outside of Albany, is well aware of weather-related hazards like snow and ice, which may make it difficult to pick up the mail or get to the street for a ride.
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I felt like I started typing (I solve online) and didn't stop to ponder a clue until the puzzle was complete, so just some general commentary today: ■ I appreciated the weather-related NW, with NOAA, RAIN DELAY and SANDALS.
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And in other small-screen offerings, check out our 360-video tour of a crayon factory, in honor of all the kids headed back to school this week — and those waiting for school to resume after weather-related closures.
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It is likely that Buffalo Wild Wings will also fall victim to weather-related headwinds in the quarter, as both December and January same-store sales industrywide are expected to be poor, according to Mark Kalinowski, a Nomura-Instinet analyst.
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The study analyzed the effects of the seven most harmful types of weather-related disaster – heat waves, cold waves, wildfires, droughts, river and coastal floods and windstorms – in the 28 countries of the European Union, plus Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.
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A storm ravaging southern Africa is possibly the worst weather-related disaster ever to hit the southern hemisphere, with 1.7 million people in the path of the cyclone in Mozambique and 920,000 affected in Malawi, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.
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Star racer Mikaela Shiffrin grabbed gold in the women's alpine skiing giant slalom at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Thursday afternoon (Wednesday evening stateside) after at last making her debut in these Games following multiple weather-related delays.
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AXIS Capital's calendar year underwriting ratios deteriorated modestly during the first six months of 2016 as AXIS Capital reported a combined ratio of 97.2%, including 6.8 percentage points from catastrophe and weather-related losses and 8.0 points of favorable reserve development.
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LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Multi-line insurer Aviva on Thursday posted a 2 percent dip in first-half operating profit, hit by the impact of divestitures, challenging market conditions in Canadian motor insurance and a significant increase in weather related claims.
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It was just announced earlier today that due to weather-related delays in construction, the Los Angeles Rams will now play in the Coliseum through the 2019 season, while they wait for their new stadium in Inglewood to open in 2020.
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The airline said it expects to lose $150 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2019, up from a February estimate of $60 million, due to weather-related cancellations, maintenance issues, weak leisure-travel demand and the Max groundings.
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The airline, which reports earnings April 25, said it expects to lose $150 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2019 due to the Max groundings, among other factors like weather-related cancellations, maintenance issues and slowed travel demand.
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The new initiative, a collaboration between Britain's Department for International Development, the World Bank and the Tanzanian government, aims to find ways to cushion people from weather-related disasters, such as identifying flood-prone areas and drawing up preparedness plans.
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"Malawi's macroeconomic situation remains difficult, reflecting weather-related shocks and past policy slippages, which contributed to persistently high inflation," said IMF Deputy Managing Director Min Zhu in a statement issued in Washington after a meeting of the fund's executive board.
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The home, motor and commercial insurer in a trading statement said operating profit rose on a constant currency basis as it had lower weather-related costs, an improvement in expense ratios, and had cut less profitable business in commercial insurance.
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The region also has been hit with a series of anomalous disasters that tend to affect farmers and ranchers more dramatically: In 2011, eleven of the country's 14 weather-related disasters with damages exceeding $1 billion were in the Midwest.
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"These billion-dollar disaster events are becoming an increasingly larger percentage of the cumulative damage from the full distribution of weather-related events at all scales and loss levels," NOAA's Adam Smith wrote in a blog post about the findings.
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Yet a 220 FEMA survey found that only 39 percent of respondents had an emergency plan that they had discussed with their families, even though 80 percent of Americans live in counties that have suffered weather-related disasters since 2007.
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Yet most weather-related public health plans focus on heat waves, even though the death rate during cold spells exceeds that during heat waves, and minimal if any attention has been given to the life-threatening risks linked to everyday cold.
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Cyclone Idai, the storm that has killed hundreds of people, submerged homes and battered cities in southeastern Africa, may prove to be one of the worst weather-related disasters ever in the Southern Hemisphere, a United Nations official said on Tuesday.
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EBITDA UP OVER 20 PERCENT * DOWDUPONT Q2 REVENUE VIEW $22.46 BILLION —THOMSON REUTERS I/B/E/S * DOWDUPONT - QTRLY AGRICULTURE SALES DOWN 25 PERCENT TO $3.8 BILLION VERSUS PRO FORMA NET SALES LAST YEAR * DOWDUPONT - DECLINE IN QTRLY AGRICULTURE SALES DRIVEN BY WEATHER-RELATED DELAYS IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE & BRAZIL SEASONS * DOWDUPONT - QTRLY PACKAGING & SPECIALTY PLASTICS NET SALES $6 BILLION, UP 12 PERCENT FROM PRO FORMA NET SALES LAST YEAR * DOWDUPONT - ACHIEVED COST SYNERGY SAVINGS OF OVER $300 MILLION IN QUARTER * DOWDUPONT - WEATHER-RELATED DELAYS EXPECTED TO SHIFT SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF AGRICULTURE EARNINGS TO Q2 * DOWDUPONT - CONTINUE TO EXPECT MATERIALS SCIENCE TO SPIN BY Q1 2019-END, WITH AGRICULTURE & SPECIALTY PRODUCTS SEPARATING BY JUNE 1, 2019 * DOWDUPONT - GLOBAL ECONOMY CONTINUES TO SHOW "SOLID MOMENTUM AND BROAD-BASED GROWTH" * DOWDUPONT - THERE ARE DISCRETE HEADWINDS, INCLUDING CONTINUED VOLATILITY IN INPUT COSTS & WEATHER-RELATED SOFTNESS IN AGRICULTURE * DOWDUPONT - LEADING INDICATORS FROM MANUFACTURING OUTPUT, TO IMPROVING ENERGY MARKETS, TO EMPLOYMENT & CONSUMER SPENDING REMAIN LARGELY POSITIVE Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) - Glencore on Thursday raised its full-year marketing EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) guidance to between $2.3 billion and $2.6 billion from $2.2 billion to $2.5 billion and said first quarter output experienced some weather-related disruption.
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As for the US grid, well, weather-related outages are on the rise, as this NREL report shows: Every minute customers spend without power is a minute they'll spend thinking about how to take more control over their energy fate, as it were.
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Extreme heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States, so with all of the outdoor activities planned for Thursday, it will be important to drink plenty of water, wear lighter-colored clothing and take breaks in the shade.
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There have been an average of 335 weather-related disasters each year between 2005 and 2014, up 14 percent from the previous decade, and nearly double the level of the decade before that, according to a November report issued by the United Nations.
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Meanwhile, an early rally in wheat futures sparked a wave of profit-taking late in the trading session, but they still ended the week on a strong positive note due to bullish news on weather-related concerns and spillover strength from corn.
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NEW YORK/VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Two major pipelines carrying oil from Canada to the United States were hit by weather-related disruptions on Tuesday, the latest hit to Canada's oil industry just days after the Alberta government announced forced cuts in crude production.
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MOSCOW, June 313 (Reuters) - Russian export prices for the new wheat crop, due to arrive on the market in the summer, stabilised last week after a sharp rise the week before as weather-related concerns about the crop eased, analysts said on Monday.
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There were 330 natural catastrophes last year, leading to overall economic losses of $353 billion, of which an "unprecedented" 1353 percent were caused by weather-related events, according to Aon's catastrophe report, making 2017 the costliest year on record for weather disasters.
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Already heat is the top weather-related killer in the United States - but it is a silent one, with heat-linked illnesses often diagnosed as other disorders, said Laurence Kalkstein, a climatology professor at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine.
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Deutsche Bank said in a note that the climb in coal prices came on the back of factors including weather-related mining outages in producers such as Indonesia and South Africa, as well as an Australian strike in June that briefly hit output.
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Gil said plans for 2 percent growth this year were dashed mainly by Hurricane Irma and other weather-related events that hurt tourism, sugar production and agriculture, all of which should improve next year, as well as domestic inefficiencies and tighter U.S. sanctions.
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Reliance on a single point of entry for all ALIS data and a single main ALIS operating unit in Fort Worth, Texas, means a weather-related loss of electricity or other failure could affect fleet operations or even ground it, GAO said.
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The app will also send out alerts to users about things like power outages or major service changes, in addition to personalized alerts sent before commuters leave their home or office so they can plan around the delays, reroutes or weather-related incidents.
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The city's public works department was working to restore water to households after a weather-related issue at one treatment facility and a broken valve at another facility temporarily caused an outage, the city said on a Facebook post late Thursday night.
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It wouldn't be unusual for the BLS to substantially modify an initial count — August was revised up 14,000 to 169,000 and July cut 3463,000 to 138,000 — and even then future months are likely to show a rebound, particularly due to weather-related events.
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The miner said it expected iron ore shipments for the year to be at the upper end of its range of 330 million to 3.53 million tonnes, driven by productivity improvements and fewer weather-related disruptions compared with the same quarter last year.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The blizzard that blasted Colorado and shut down Denver's airport swept through the U.S. Midwest on Thursday, leading to at least two weather-related traffic deaths and dumping up to 12 inches (30 cm) of snow in Wisconsin, officials said.
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"These underlying investments have little to no link to equity markets and behave very differently so if we see equity markets sell off it is unlikely we will see the likes of catastrophe bonds, which are weather related, being effected," he said.
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"If these reports, these fears, are realized, then we can say that this is one of the worst weather-related disasters — tropical cyclone-related disasters — in the Southern Hemisphere," said Clare Nullis, a spokeswoman for the World Meteorological Organization, citing the president's figure.
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Surprisingly, they have not factored in the millions of lives that would be saved almost immediately as a result of reducing air pollution as well as limiting the occurrence of catastrophic weather-related events, such as heat waves, floods, blizzards, and forest fires.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - A storm ravaging southern Africa is possibly the worst weather-related disaster ever to hit the southern hemisphere, with 1.7 million people in the path of the cyclone in Mozambique and 920,000 affected in Malawi, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.
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The National Weather Service collects information on weather-related fatalities in its storm events database, with data available from 1950 to 2015, but Black told me that the NWS database is incomplete, especially when it comes to counting fatal car crashes related to wintry conditions.
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Read More Top-ranked analyst: Don't buy the Best Buy dip AutoZone posted earnings that missed expectations and revenue below estimates, primarily due to weather-related factors in certain areas of the country and a legal charge, the autoparts retailer said in a release.
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Washington Capitals (38-9-4, +52)—Seriously, the Capitals still hold five games in hand over the Hawks, thanks partly to losing a pair of games to weather-related postponements and partly due to a schedule-maker who hates everyone who does power rankings.
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But already on Tuesday, CNN's coverage began to feel more political and less weather-related, as programs discussed stories like the Wall Street Journal's scoop that some of Trump's lawyers over the summer wanted Jared Kushner to step down as senior White House adviser.
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Of course, with the uncertainty we are faced with in this latest case -- it is unclear if it was a technical fault, weather-related or (as officials seem to believe is more likely) the result of terrorism -- it is hardly surprising that people are concerned.
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The landfall and subsequent flooding from Tropical Cyclone Idai, which struck Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe last week, "risks being one of the deadliest weather-related disasters in the Southern Hemisphere," Clare Nullis, the spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organization, a UN agency, tells Axios.
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Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth struck just six weeks apart, flattened cities and villages and, in the case of Idai, which crashed into Mozambique's central region in March, prompted devastating floods in one of the worst weather-related disasters to hit the southern hemisphere.
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Two of the world's top three miners of the steelmaking ingredient, Rio Tinto and BHP Group, released production numbers that suggested the worst is over for the weather-related supply disruptions that curtailed output at the companies' Australian mines in the first quarter of 2019.
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Over the course of the next year, Under Armour and IBM will roll out additional features including using IBM Watson's visual recognition capabilities to identify foods and their nutritional value, integration of weather-related and environmental factors, as they relate your health and fitness.
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The report by the network ClimateWise, which includes the Lloyd's of London insurance market, Swiss Re and broker Aon Group, said introducing a rating system to measure financial assets' resilience to climate change could help protect insurers' investment arms from losses from weather-related catastrophes.
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The advantage of Allen's approach will be the ability to position the plane so satellites can be directly delivered into very precise orbits and do so quickly, without launch range scheduling issues and weather-related delays, Chuck Beames, who oversees Allen's space ventures, said.
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Now, we have that commission's first report on observed links between climate and health, the foundation of what will be the monitoring of 23 indicators, including the health impacts of heat waves, weather-related disasters, climate-sensitive diseases, exposure to air pollution and malnutrition.
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Speaking on Tuesday afternoon, Dr. Chiampas said his department had treated 15 patients with weather-related complaints in the previous 36 hours, including one who had a finger amputated because of frostbite — a much higher number than is typical for this time of year.
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Cyclone Idai ripped into Mozambique in March, killing more than 20203,300 people, making it "one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere," according to the U.N. A month later Cyclone Kenneth roared into northern Mozambique, killing more than 50 people.
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Rome (CNN)The number of people killed in weather-related incidents in Italy has risen to 110, the country's Civil Protection agency said Wednesday, as officials in the flooded lagoon city of Venice warned that salt water may have caused significant damage to historic sites.
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During a crisis or weather-related situation, Waze takes a thoughtful approach to optimizing route planning by taking a number of factors into account — driver input, road conditions, real-time speeds, historical traffic data and more — to direct drivers to the most efficient, safest route.
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Couple it with the ongoing outage in Puerto Rico and power disruptions from many other recent storms in the Gulf region, as well as an increasing frequency of weather-related power outages over the past several years, and it highlights a quiet yet growing crisis.
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MAPUTO/HARARE (Reuters) - The number of people killed in a powerful cyclone and flooding in Mozambique has risen above 27.96, more than doubling the country's death toll from a storm that could rank as one of the worst weather-related disasters in the southern hemisphere.
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The big picture: Scientists from NASA and NOAA who monitor the hole in the ozone are still trying to understand the rare shrinkage event that they believe is weather-related, according to Susan Strahan, an atmospheric scientist with Universities Space Research Association, who works at NASA Goddard.
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"Indonesian supply continues to be impacted by weather-related delays, which supports expectations that thermal coal prices will remain in a relatively narrow range around current levels in the near term," the coal miner said in its release of full-year operating data to the Australian bourse.
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Critically vulnerable to earthquakes Bangladesh is consistently ranked one of the most vulnerable countries to natural disasters, but this is primarily because of the frequent occurrence of tropical cyclones, floods, heat waves and other weather-related disasters, combined with the massive population living in vulnerable conditions.
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The Indian government is working to evacuate massive amounts of people from the most vulnerable areas near the coast, with media reports putting the size of the evacuation between 800,000 and 3 million, qualifying it as one of the largest weather-related evacuations in the country's history.
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Officials said on Monday that both flight data recorders had been retrieved, and local news outlets reported that the Investigative Committee of Russia, a law enforcement agency, was looking at the inexperience of the pilots, along with mechanical or weather-related problems, as possible contributing factors.
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The reason is not hard to understand: the pandemic arrived like a bolt from the blue; climate change is unfolding as a series of slow onset events that are either occurring over many years, through the increased frequency of severe weather-related floods, storms and droughts.
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The Paris deal aims to cap the average global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius by 2050, compared with pre-industrial norms, to limit the impact of weather-related disasters that could kill hundreds of millions of people and drastically impact the world's economy.
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It reduced its steelmaking coal sales outlook to between 4.8 million tonnes and 5.2 million tonnes, down from its previous estimate of between 5.1 million tonnes and 5.4 million tonnes for the first quarter of 2020, citing weather-related rail and terminal disruptions in British Columbia.
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The predictions, based on an assumption of no reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and no improvement in policies to reduce the impact of extreme climatic events, show European weather-related deaths rising from 22071,21003 a year between 22100 and 290 to 210,000 a year between 2071 and 2100.
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The former agricultural unit of chemicals giant DowDuPont said net sales fell 3.1% to $5.56 billion in its first earnings report as a standalone public company, hurt by weather-related planting delays and lower-than-expected planted area in corn, soybeans, and canola pressuring sales in North America.
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Activists such as Precht-Rodriguez argue that climate change deserves its own debate because it impacts a wide range of areas of Americans' daily lives: public health, weather-related disasters and their aftermath such as the wildfires in California and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, the economy, and more.
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"Given the weather-related weakness in utilities spending as well as some delays in tax refunds for low- and middle-income earners in February, we expect consumer spending to strengthen in the quarters ahead," said Eugenio Aleman, a senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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As farmers in wealthier countries rarely depend on harvests for food and can usually insure crops against bad weather, the best strategy for them may be to maximise yields rather than minimise the risk of weather-related crop damage, as subsistence farmers would seek to do, the researchers said.
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Having to pick up and leave your home due to a weather-related catastrophe is always stressful, but it is especially challenge for animal rescues and sanctuaries, which not only have to look after human staff members, but all the of the furry lives they are responsible for too.
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Mistake #6: Having a 'hurricane party' during the storm Mistake #7: Not having an updated emergency-preparedness kitPreparation is key and your home (especially if it is in an area that has frequent weather-related threats) should have a special kit that can help you handle a hurricane or serious emergency.
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This week, however, a lineup of Fed officials have been making amends: "The U.S. economy has experienced more than $500 billion in direct losses over the last five years due to climate and weather-related events," Kevin Stiroh, a top regulator at the New York Fed, said in a speech.
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"What is not debatable is that a diverse fuel supply, especially with onsite fuel capability, plays an essential role in providing Americans with reliable, resilient and affordable electricity, particularly in times of weather-related stress like we are seeing now," Perry continued, promising to keep working with FERC on the matter.
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"What is not debatable is that a diverse fuel supply, especially with on-site fuel capability, plays an essential role in providing Americans with reliable, resilient and affordable electricity, particularly in times of weather-related stress like we are seeing now," Perry continued, promising to keep working with FERC on the matter.
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Droughts cause local conflict over control of water resources and are the biggest killer among weather-related catastrophes, according to the UN. Castro's plan acknowledges that the existing criteria for refugees in the US may cover some migrants who have been persecuted in "climate-driven conflicts," but ultimately, he says it's not enough.
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"I think there have been things like weather-related issues, some of the industrial activity has pulled back temporarily as a result of the trade dispute between China and the U.S. I'm optimistic that there is a lot of goodwill between the U.S. and China and that will remove restraints on industrial productivity," he said.
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As news media fixated on athletic achievements at the Rio Olympics, and of course remained fixated on Donald Trump, different corners of the United States were confronting weather-related hazards — including relentless steamy heat in the East and drought-fueled wildfires all around California, including the explosively spreading "Blue Cut" Fire east of Los Angeles.
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"While some of the March weakness was likely weather-related, we expect the structural shift of retail sales from brick and mortar stores toward less labor-intensive e-commerce firms will continue to weigh on payroll growth in that industry, with the impact on the order of 10,000 per month, relative to its previous trend," the Goldman economists wrote.
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"On the basis of past trends and the fact that the majority of weather-related hazards occur in the latter half of the year, IDMC estimates that the number of new displacements associated with disasters will more than triple by the end of the year to around 22 million," the IDMC said in a press release.
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The elections are taking place amid a period within which global events such as tensions regarding North Korea's nuclear program, hints that central banks are finally beginning their slow march towards the ultra-loose monetary policy exit door and a spate of both natural weather-related disasters and terrorist attacks have been keenly influencing the trajectory of global markets.
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Yang's complaint goes to the heart of the media's ongoing struggles to cover the causes and effects of global warming: While the major TV networks and online outlets are committed to giving it serious-issue treatment, like abortion rights or gun violence, they have been far less comfortable relating the scientific consensus in favor of man-made climate change to in-the-moment coverage of devastating weather-related events.
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Over the last 35 years, 60 percent of weather-related deaths globally were among people who earn $1,000 a year or less, said Ernst Rauch, a strategy expert at German reinsurance firm Munich Re. Those deaths - from disasters such as storms, floods, extreme heat, droughts and forest fires - happened largely in some of the world's poorest countries, including Haiti, Afghanistan, Nepal, Somalia, Madagascar and Mozambique, Rauch told a London conference on climate change this week.
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"I'm still going into these Games feeling star-struck by all of my competitors, and I'm the same type of person to just keep my head down and just go do my race, do my thing and then see what happens," she told PEOPLE prior to arriving in Pyeongchang, where U.S. viewers will get their first glimpse of her at the 2018 Olympics Wednesday evening in the alpine skiing women's giant slalom event — after weather-related delays.
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EUR 109 MILLION INCREASE IS MAINLY DUE TO EUR 83 MILLION INCREASE IN NON-LIFE SEGMENT, DRIVEN BY LOWER WEATHER RELATED CLAIMS COMPARED TO 2018 AND ACQUISITION OF LOYALIS IN 2019 * OPERATING RESULT IN SECOND HALF OF 2019 INCREASED BY 8583% TO EUR 394 MILLION (H2 2018: EUR 365 MILLION) * FY NET RESULT AMOUNTED TO EUR 972 MILLION, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 45.2% (2018: EUR 669 MILLION) DUE TO AN INCREASE IN OPERATING RESULT AND HIGHER INDIRECT INVESTMENT INCOME * AFTER PROPOSED DIVIDEND, SOLVENCY II RATIO (STANDARD FORMULA) WAS 194% AS AT 7493 DECEMBER 2019 (2018: 197%) * END-FY SOLVENCY II CAPITAL POSITION WAS VERY ROBUST; 74% CONSISTED OF UNRESTRICTED TIER 1 CAPITAL, FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY WAS STRONG, WITH HEADROOM OF EUR 923 MILLION IN TIER 1 AND EUR 502 MILLION IN TIERS 2 AND 2 COMBINED * PROPOSED DIVIDEND PER SHARE INCREASED BY 9.2% TO EUR 1.90 (2018: EUR 295.7), IN LINE WITH EXISTING DIVIDEND POLICY AND AMBITION TO OFFER A PROGRESSIVE DIVIDEND * MEDIUM-TERM INTENTION UPDATED WITH ANNUAL ADDITIONAL CAPITAL DISTRIBUTION OF EUR 22 MILLION, PROVIDED THAT SII EXCEEDS 250%.
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