flood
Also known as flooding, floodwater
thumb|Urban flooding in a street in Morpeth, England, 2008
AI overview
A flood occurs when water overflows from its normal boundaries and covers land that is usually dry, as shown in this image of a street in England submerged under water. Floods matter because they can damage homes, infrastructure, and communities, posing risks to people's safety and property.
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Research
33,789 papers- Leading trait dimensions in flood-tolerant plants.Annals of botany · 2022
- Enhancing precision flood mapping: Pahang's vulnerability unveiled.PloS one · 2024
- Flood inundation and isolation differentially impact access to dialysis care.American journal of disaster medicine · 2024
- Predicting flood damage using the flood peak ratio and Giovanni Flooded Fraction.PloS one · 2022
- Flood risk assessment in the Karamana river basin, Kerala, using HEC-RAS.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2023
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Wikidata facts
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Article
30 sectionsContents
- Types
- Areal flooding
- River flooding
- Coastal flooding
- Urban flooding
- Intentional floods
- Causes
- Upslope factors
- Downslope factors
- Climate change
- Coincidence
- Negative impacts
- Impacts on infrastructure and societies
- Economic impacts
- Health impacts
- Loss of life
- Positive impacts (benefits)
- Protections against floods and associated hazards
- Flood management
- Flood management examples
- Flood safety planning
- Flood clean-up safety
- Flood predictions
- Flood risk assessment
- Examples by country or region
- Society and culture
- Myths and religion
- Etymology
- See also
- References
thumb|Urban flooding in a street in Morpeth, England, 2008
A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) 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 of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health. Human changes to the environment often increase the intensity and frequency of flooding. Examples for human changes are land use changes such as deforestation and removal of wetlands, changes in waterway course or flood controls such as with levees. Global environmental issues also influence causes of floods, namely climate change which causes an intensification of the water cycle and sea level rise. For example, climate change makes extreme weather events more frequent and stronger. This leads to more intense floods and increased flood risk.