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A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. [1] In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health.
The 2024 Central European floods are an ongoing series of flooding caused by a record heavy rainfall generated by Storm Boris, an extremely humid Genoa low.. The flooding began in Austria and the Czech Republic, then spread to Poland, Romania and Slovakia, and then onwards to Germany, Hungary and Italy.
Floods in the United States (2000–present) is a list of flood events which were of significant impact to the country during the 21st century, since 2000. Floods are generally caused by excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, storm surge from hurricanes , and dam failure.
The Rába faced record water at 4.22m at Szentgotthárd, initiating a third-degree flood alert and prompting the National Water Management Directorate (OVF) to mobilize over 400 staff members to build up extensive flood defense efforts, including placing 120,000 sandbags to construct a 2.5 km flood barrier in Körmend.
July 24–August 27, 2022. Location. Greater St. Louis, Central Appalachia, Southern and Southwestern United States. Deaths. 44 deaths (Kentucky: 38 direct, 2 indirect; Missouri: 2; Texas: 1; Utah: 1) [1][2][3][4][5] Property damage. $1.2 billion (Kentucky and Missouri only) [6] Beginning on July 24, 2022, and lasting for a week, many flash ...
1967 Brazil flood, mainly Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, flood and landslide Brazil: 1967 431 St. Francis Dam failure United States 1928 431 2015 Tamil Nadu floods Chennai, Cuddalore and Andhra Pradesh named 2015 South Indian floods: India: 2015 429 2002 Nepal flood, mainly occurred at Makwanpur, monssnal rain, flood, landslide Nepal: 2002 425
A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrology and are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health.
Flood control. A weir was built on the Humber River (Ontario) to prevent a recurrence of a catastrophic flood. Flood control (or flood mitigation, protection or alleviation) methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. [1][2] Flooding can be caused by a mix of both natural processes, such as extreme weather ...