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

Image: KatrinaNewOrleansFlooded edit2.jpg

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Commons category: Floods
Commons gallery: Flood
OpenStreetMap tag: hazard=flooding

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Contents

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.