Question

Urban flooding is to be treated as a separate disaster because…………………

1 point

1. the problems of urban areas are unique

2. urban areas get flooded easily

3. the causes of urban flooding are different

4. urban and riverine flooding are similar

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Answer 1

Answer:

Flood is an overflow of a large body of water over areas not usually inundated. Thus, flooding in urban areas is caused by intense and/or prolonged rainfall, which overwhelms the capacity of the drainage system and hence affects large number of people due to high population density in urban areas.

Answer 2

Answer:

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