What Causes Floods?
What is caused by heavy rain, rapid melting of a thick snow pack, ice jams and ocean waves coming on shore.
What are the most common natural hazards?
What is Floods.
Floods cause more sew___
Sewage
What are the three types of floods
what are river floods, coastal floods , flash floods
Ban_____
Bangladesch
What exactly is a flood?
What is an overflow of water onto land that is normally dry.
How do Floods cause harm?
What is infectious diseases, injuries and chemical hazards.
leaky ____ can affect our water system
leaky pipes can affect our water system
What are river floods?
What occurs when water levels run over river banks ,as a result of heavy rain.
The Neth_______
The Netherlands
Are Floods always the same size?
What is no, Floods come in all different sizes
Up to how much damage in money can floods cause?
What is up to 10 Billion.
flooding carries d____ which can put put cracks in our w___
Flooding carries debris which can put cracks in our wells
What are coastal floods ?
What occurs around much larger bodies of water , usually when the tides get very high
Vie_____
vietnam
What is the biggest flood ever recorded?
what is the 1887 yellow river flood
( Knowledge ) How can floods injure someone?
Drowning, Injuries like cuts, stabs, Big moving things coming at you from the flood etc
floods can carry pollutants such as pes_____ which can flow over the land and pollute it
floods can carry pollutants such as pesticides which can flow over the land and pollute it
What are flash floods?
What is an excessive amount of rain in a short period of time
Egy___
Egypt
What are the two sizes of floods?
what are large floods and little floods.
Name one of the outages floods can caus
Gas outages, Water outages, Power outages
Erosions and Lands____
How many hours does a flash flood last?
what is 6 hours
Cambodia