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Flood. Urban flooding in a street in Morpeth, England. A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. [ 1] In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health.
Flash flooding happens when rainfall exceeds the ground's ability to absorb it. This causes water levels to rise quickly, causing a swift, unexpected deluge that can surprise people. These floods ...
The NFIP is a U.S. government program that provides flood insurance to property owners, but to qualify communities must adopt control measures to reduce damage caused by flooding.
A rare flash flood emergency was issued for parts of Long Island after a slow-moving storm caused major damage, including a collapsed road in Stony Brook.
Floods in the United States (2000–present) Floods in the United States (2000–present) is a list of flood events which were of significant impact to the country during the 21st century, since 2000. Floods are generally caused by excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, storm surge from hurricanes, and dam failure.
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, or tropical storm, or by meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash floods may also occur after the collapse of a natural ice or debris dam ...
The weekend storms caused coastal flooding in several other western Alaska communities, but there were no reports of health issues or major property damage, state emergency officials said.
1976 Big Thompson River flood. On July 31, 1976, heavy rainfall caused the Big Thompson River in Colorado to crest, causing at least 144 deaths, more than 250 injuries, and at least 5 others to be missing. The crest was caused by a stalled thunderstorm complex that produced rainfall totals of 12–14 inches (300–360 mm) near Estes Park ...