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    Floods are the most common natural disaster and occur when excess water submerges dry land, potentially resulting in loss of life and property damage. Floods can be caused by excessive rain, persistent thunderstorms, combined rainfall and snowmelt, rising water levels overtopping riverbanks, storm surge from coastal storms, or intense thunderstorms leading to flash flooding within 6 hours. Different types of floods include river flooding along waterways, coastal flooding from storm surge inundating coasts, and inland flooding from heavy rainfall with nowhere for water to drain.

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    Floods are the most common natural disaster and occur when excess water submerges dry land, potentially resulting in loss of life and property damage. Floods can be caused by excessive rain, persistent thunderstorms, combined rainfall and snowmelt, rising water levels overtopping riverbanks, storm surge from coastal storms, or intense thunderstorms leading to flash flooding within 6 hours. Different types of floods include river flooding along waterways, coastal flooding from storm surge inundating coasts, and inland flooding from heavy rainfall with nowhere for water to drain.

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    Flood

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    Raul Carl Capinpuyan
    Floods are the most common natural disaster and occur when excess water submerges dry land, potentially resulting in loss of life and property damage. Floods can be caused by excessive rain, persistent thunderstorms, combined rainfall and snowmelt, rising water levels overtopping riverbanks, storm surge from coastal storms, or intense thunderstorms leading to flash flooding within 6 hours. Different types of floods include river flooding along waterways, coastal flooding from storm surge inundating coasts, and inland flooding from heavy rainfall with nowhere for water to drain.

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    FLOOD

    Flood are the most frequent type of natural


    disaster and occur when an overflow of water
    submerges land that is usually dry.. Floods can
    cause widespread devastation resulting in loss
    of life and damages to person property and
    critical public health infrastructure
    What is a flood
    Believe it or not, flooding is the deadliest type of
    severe weather. there’s probably a lot about floods
    and flooding you don’t know.
    In this guide, we’ll go over everything there is to
    know about flooding; answering common question
    like ‘’what causes flooding? And where does
    flooding occur?
    When discussing floods
    A Flood is an overflow of water that submerges
    land that is usually dry. Flood are an area of
    study in the discipline of hydrology. They are the
    most common and widespread natural severe
    weather event. Floods can look very different
    because flooding covers anything from a few
    inches of water to severe?
    Causes of River flooding
    River flooding typically happens for. Four
    reasons. They are;
    -Excessive rain from tropical storm systems
    making landfall
    -Persistent thunderstorms over the same
    area for extend periods
    -Combined rainfall and snowmelt
    What is River flooding
    A river flood occurs when water levels rise over
    the top of river banks. This flooding can happen
    in all river and stream channels. This includes
    everything from small streams to the world’s
    largest rivers.
    What is Coastal Flooding
    A coastal flood is the inundation of normally dry land
    areas along the coast with seawater

    Causes of coastal flooding

    Coastal flooding is typically a result of a combination


    of sea tidal surges high winds, and barometric
    pressure.
    These conditions typically come from storms at sea
    like
    -Tropical cyclones
    -Tsunami
    What is an Inland Flood
    An inland flood is flooding that occurs inland or not
    in coastal area. Therefore, coastal flooding and
    storm surge are not inland floods.

    Causes of inland flooding


    Rainfall is almost always to blame for inland floods
    .rain causes inland flooding in two ways. It can
    happen with steady rainfall over several days or it
    can happen because of a short and intense period of
    rainfall.
    What is storm surge
    Storm surge is an abnormal rise in water level in coastal areas
    over and above the regular astronomical tide.

    Causes of storm surge

    Storm surge is always a result meteorological storms that


    cause higher than normal tides on the coast.
    There are three parts of a storm that create this surge. They
    are;
    -wind
    -waves
    -low atmospheric pressure
    What is a flash flood
    A flash flood is flooding that begins within 6 hours,
    and often within 3 hours, of heavy rainfall (or other
    cause)

    What cause flash flood


    Flash floods can happen for several reasons.
    Most flash floods happen after extremely intense
    rainfall from severe thunderstorms over a short
    period of time (normally 6 hours or less).
    More on Inland floods
    In floods are often worse in urban areas because
    there isn’t anywhere for the water to go. The
    following urban features can create urban
    flooding or make inland flood worse
    -Paved roads and streets
    -Low-capacity drainage equipment
    -Dense buildings
    -Low amounts of green space

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