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    Floods occur when heavy rainfall or snowmelt causes water levels to rise in rivers, lakes, and oceans, spilling over onto surrounding land. They can be caused by factors such as heavy rain, snowmelt, hurricanes, typhoons, or damaged infrastructure like levees, dams, and pipes. Floods cause primary damage through physical destruction of buildings and infrastructure. Secondary effects include contaminated drinking water and increased disease. Long-term or tertiary impacts consist of economic problems like decreased tourism and challenges replenishing food supplies. Preventative measures incorporate defenses like levees, sandbags, and emergency kits for those in flood-prone areas.

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    Floods occur when heavy rainfall or snowmelt causes water levels to rise in rivers, lakes, and oceans, spilling over onto surrounding land. They can be caused by factors such as heavy rain, snowmelt, hurricanes, typhoons, or damaged infrastructure like levees, dams, and pipes. Floods cause primary damage through physical destruction of buildings and infrastructure. Secondary effects include contaminated drinking water and increased disease. Long-term or tertiary impacts consist of economic problems like decreased tourism and challenges replenishing food supplies. Preventative measures incorporate defenses like levees, sandbags, and emergency kits for those in flood-prone areas.

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    Floods occur when heavy rainfall or snowmelt causes water levels to rise in rivers, lakes, and oceans, spilling over onto surrounding land. They can be caused by factors such as heavy rain, snowmelt, hurricanes, typhoons, or damaged infrastructure like levees, dams, and pipes. Floods cause primary damage through physical destruction of buildings and infrastructure. Secondary effects include contaminated drinking water and increased disease. Long-term or tertiary impacts consist of economic problems like decreased tourism and challenges replenishing food supplies. Preventative measures incorporate defenses like levees, sandbags, and emergency kits for those in flood-prone areas.

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    Floods

    A flood is an overflow of water that submerges from land.1 Floods normally occur when there is heavy rainfall, which rises the water level for rivers and lakes, eventually spilling onto the surrounding land.2 There are also other causes to floods, some natural and some man-made. Floods stand on the list of deadliest disasters, ranked 1 and 2, both in China.3 Floods can also happen underground when pipes are damaged.4

    Causes
    There can be many causes to a flood. Here is a list on how they can be caused: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Heavy Rainfall in a short period of time Snow melting, high water levels Hurricane, Typhoons Dam leakage, damaged Broken pipes
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    A diagram on how floods are caused in New Brunswick, Canada

    Effects and Damage5


    The amount of damage varies on how severe the flood is. The amount of damage is split into 3 levels, primary, secondary, and tertiary.

    Primary damage
    Physical damage Bridges, buildings damaged Facilities damaged

    Secondary damage
    Drinking water polluted Disease transmitting in water Lack of food Transport failure

    Tertiary damage, long term effect Economy No tourism Rebuilding Food shortage Price increase

    Prevention
    Many floods could be prevented if done on time. Defenses like levees and sea walls could be built before floods and preventing the water. Immediate defenses could be made by putting sandbags and inflatable tubes near coastal lines to prevent the water and suck away the water. People living in low-lands area could prepare a grab-and-go kit in case of a flood. This kit includes warm clothes, food and water, blankets, IDs, medicine, a portable radio, phone charger, and a flashlight in case of emergency.

    Sandbags placed to prevent flood of the century in Germany River Elbe, Dresden, Germany April 2006

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081101175656AATU5qB 3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters_by_death_toll#Ten_deadliest_natural_disasters 4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_flood 5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods#Effects

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