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Bookmark or Share- Flooding Facts, Causes, and Prevention | NRDCFloods are already the most common and among the most deadly disasters in the United States. As global warming continues to exacerbate sea level rise and extreme weather, flood-prone areas around...
- Severe Weather 101: Flood Basics - NOAA National Severe Storms LaboratoryFlooding is an overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry. Floods can happen during heavy rains, when ocean waves come on shore, when snow melts quickly, or when dams or levees break. Damaging flooding may happen with only a few inches of water, or it may cover a house to the rooftop.
- Eight catastrophic floods in 11 days: What’s behind intense rainfall ...In the first 11 days of September, eight devastating flooding events have unfolded on four continents. Before Mediterranean storm Daniel sent floodwaters surging through eastern Libya, severe...
- Floods: Latest news on flooding in the U.S. | NBC News2 dead, 309 people rescued after severe flooding in New Mexico Record rainfall produced severe flooding in and around Roswell and Chaves County. Water levels had receded in many parts of the city.
- Flooding in the United States 101: Causes, Trends, and ImpactsIt describes the types of flooding, the contribution of climate change, historical trends of flood impacts and costs, the role of exposure to rising flood costs, and social vulnerability to flooding—which leads to uneven impacts of floods across people and communities.
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