Fact Sheet
Fact: Floods are a temporary covering of water on land not normally there.
Fact: Floods can occur within lakes and rivers.
Floods endanger land that is occupied by humans such as, a village, city, or town. Floods can also damage homes and businesses in there path.
There are more than six types of floods.
A catastrophic flood is cause by a significant or unexpected amount of water that has been disturbed due to a broken dam or some other type of hazard, such as, earthquake or volcanic eruption.
Flash floods cause damage by intense thunderstorms or release of large amount of water behind a dam, landslide, or glacier.
To control the effects of floods one must know the types in order to prepare for repair.
-Primary effects of floods include damage to structures, cars, roadways, and canals.
-Secondary effects of floods include contaminating the fresh water supply, spread of water borne diseases, shortage in the food supply due to lack of good water. Trees can suffocate.
-Long term effects of floods include the cost of rebuilding.
To prevent floods levees', bunds, reservoirs, and weir are built to contain water. Other items such as, sandbags and inflatable tubes are used to try to stop the flooding.
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