What are the damages caused by floods?
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What Causes a Flood?
Heavy rainfall.
Ocean waves coming on shore, such as a storm surge.
Melting snow and ice, as well as ice jams.
Dams or levees breaking.
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N flood can damage our property etc.
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2.5 Flood Damage
Flood damage is defined as all the varieties of harm provoked by flooding. It includes all detrimental effects on people, their health, and properties; on public and private infrastructure, ecological systems, cultural heritage, and economic activities (Messner & Meyer, 2006). Understanding the nature of flood damage is important in assessing flood risk. For most people, the benefits of flood risk reduction at the coast is the direct flood damage on property and economic activity avoided as a result of schemes to reduce either the frequency or impact of flooding (Penning-Rowsell et al., 2013). However, the consequences of flooding for people are more complex. Following Smith and Ward (1998), we can classify flood losses into direct and indirect losses. Direct losses are caused by the physical contact of the floodwater with humans, property, or other objects, and the location of the flood will indirectly affect networks and social activities, causing indirect losses
Flood damage is defined as all the varieties of harm provoked by flooding. It includes all detrimental effects on people, their health, and properties; on public and private infrastructure, ecological systems, cultural heritage, and economic activities (Messner & Meyer, 2006). Understanding the nature of flood damage is important in assessing flood risk. For most people, the benefits of flood risk reduction at the coast is the direct flood damage on property and economic activity avoided as a result of schemes to reduce either the frequency or impact of flooding (Penning-Rowsell et al., 2013). However, the consequences of flooding for people are more complex. Following Smith and Ward (1998), we can classify flood losses into direct and indirect losses. Direct losses are caused by the physical contact of the floodwater with humans, property, or other objects, and the location of the flood will indirectly affect networks and social activities, causing indirect losses
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