During recent years, floods and flash floods have caused billions of dollars in damage each year. They are among the most common and widespread of all natural hazards.
Even more importantly, they're the number one weather-related killer. A flood can...
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During recent years, floods and flash floods have caused billions of dollars in damage each year. They are among the most common and widespread of all natural hazards.
Even more importantly, they're the number one weather-related killer. A flood can happen anywhere along the Mississippi, in New England, even in the desert.
Some fascinating facts about floods and flash flooding.
A Flood (commonly called river flood) is a high flow or overflow of water from a river or similar body of water, occurring over a period of time too long to be considered a flash flood.
Flooding is caused in a variety of ways. Winter or spring rains, coupled with melting snows, can fill river basins too quickly. Torrential rains from decaying hurricanes or other tropical systems can also produce river flooding. The Mississippi River Flood of 1993 was caused by repeated heavy rain from thunderstorms over a period of weeks.
Flash Floods are quick-rising floods usually occurring as the result of heav
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