-
- On average, floods cause more deaths each year than any other natural disaster
- America's deadliest flood: May 31, 1889 in Johnstown, PA (2,200 dead)
- World's deadliest flood: China's 1931 Yellow River flood (estimated 4 million deaths)
- "Flash floods" occur quickly (usually just a few hours)
-
-
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. Floods typically occur when heavy rainfall causes a body of water (such as a river or lake to fill beyond normal capacity. Other possible causes include hurricanes and tsunamis, sea tides, and broken dams.
-
Preparation Tips
If you think floods pose a threat to your home, there are some things you can do to prepare.- Buy Flood Insurance
- Clear your gutters/spouts
- Raise electric components above the flood elevation of your house
- Move valuables/furniture to upper floors or storage units if heavy flooding is expected
- Plan an evacuation route for yourself, your family, and your pets
- Have clean water available in case of contamination
-
-
Floods Questions
-
Was there any warning before the Louisville flooding occurred? 1 Answer---Quote foxnews.com--- A flash flood warning was in effect into the afternoon for Louisville (august 4 )and other parts of the metro area, and forecasters said... read more -
Have you ever had to use a Red Cross shelter like they have set up due to the Louisville flooding? 1 AnswerNo, but i guess those people who went to the red cross shelter are there because of necessity cause by the flooding. very often flooding happen in my country ph... read more
-
Where can I find information about the 2007 UK Flood Crisis? 1 Answerlook on the internet google read more
view more questions...
-
-
Floods Recent News Stories
- CNN News: Floods
- Google News:
- World News Network: Flooding News
-
Historical Floods
- Geology.com: Hurricane Katrina Flood Map
- The Johnstown Flood
- PBS: Flood! Dealing with Deluge
- Wikipedia: The Great Flood of 1951
- This page was created by Richard M, a Part Time Guide in the Mahalo Greenhouse (see the original), and curated by Mike.
- If you'd like to help us create the best spam free search results on the Internet, apply to be a Part Time Guide!</em>
Featured Mahalo Topics
-
On Twitter powered by Twitter
-
so it rained after sowing last night. towns a mess with floods and wet snow piled up al over and its gonna turn back to snow. wtf winter!!
-
RT @broelisoriano: Nature follows it's course; all water flows to the depth of any place, when hindered it will accumulate and cause floods. Who's to blame?
-
The Affiliate Code! Discover Step-by-Step How to get instant floods of income immediately http://tinyurl.com/yez62p7
-
RT @broelisoriano: Nature follows it's course; all water flows to the depth of any place, when hindered it will accumulate and cause floods. Who's to blame?
-
@Primewax @JennieOfCourse The 93 floods were horrible up here too. I remember my entire city banding together to sandbag along Mississippi
view more tweets...
-
About this page
Page Manager
This page has no page manager.
Vertical Manager
This page has no vertical manager.
.jpg){kind=link}
