 Flood:
a sudden increase in the amount of water in a particular
area. Often this is caused by an abundance of rainfall.
With the advent of climate change more and more areas of
the Earth are facing increase areas in which floods are
becoming more common and more severe. |
| 1. "Depending
on their type, floods can develop very
slowly over time after extensive rains
or in just a few minutes, very quickly,
without any sign of rain." |
| 2.
"There are many types and ways
floods can occur, including, due to
overflowing
rivers,
due to extreme coastal events, by
natural or artificial ground saturation
from excess rainfall, or by catastrophic
failure in infrastructure." Read More at
Weather Facts |
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