By Jacob

Where floods typically occur. Floods usually occur on rivers, creeks and bays. Floods also occur after tsunamis and hurricanes.

How often floods typically happen Floods can happen any time even when you least expect them.

Structures involved with floods A structure involved with floods is land slides. Also earthquakes can cause hurricanes witch can cause floods. Tsunamis can also cause flooding.

A typical flood The rain would be about one or two inches high. A few houses might get flooded. But nothing serious. Most people would not be affected.

The most extreme effects of a flood A flood can last for months and cause millions of dollars in damages. A flood when powerful can wipeout anything in there path.

Bad flood

Measurement Floods are usually measured by inches. They don’t have a specific scale like other disasters.

After affects Floods can cause millions of dollars of damage. Also if you don’t have flood insurance you can get into a pretty big mess after a flood.

Key terms  DAM) Barrier to hold back the flow of water from a river.  Dike) bank built to protect land from floods.  Flash flood) sudden flooding in an area following heavy rainfall.  Flood plain) level land bordering a river that may be covered by flood waters.  in flood) term to describe a body of water when it overflows its banks.  Levee) construction along a riverbank to prevent flooding.  Reservoir) place where water is stored for later use)  Spillway) channel built to make way for overflowing rivers.

Cool facts Some floods can be a lot more savere than others. For example some floods can ruin your grass and some can cause millions of dollars in damage.

U.S flood chart

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