♠ Posted by amsran in Flooding Hazards,Prediction & Human Intervention
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FLOOD HARAZRD
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Hazards Associated with Flooding
Hazards associated with flooding can be divided into primary hazards that occur due to contact with water, secondary effects that occur because of the flooding, such as disruption of services, health impacts such as famine and disease, and tertiary effects such as changes in the position of river channels. Throughout the last century flooding has been one of the most costly disasters in terms of both property damage and human casualties. Major floods in China, for example, killed about 2 million people in 1887,...