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Floods

Floods. By : John http://www.elcivics.com/images/flood-car.jpg. What Is A Flood?. A flood is an overflow of water that the grounds can’t hold.

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Floods

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  1. Floods By: John http://www.elcivics.com/images/flood-car.jpg

  2. What Is A Flood? A flood is an overflow of water that the grounds can’t hold. How do floods start? Usually a flood starts by an unusual amount of rain water that overflows a river, lake, or a ocean’s bay. That’s why it may be dangerous to live by a body of water.

  3. Huge Floods One of U.S.A’s worst floods was JOHNSTOWN FLOOD on May 31, 1889. Over 2,200 people died from this flood. It started because of a dam on a lake broke. One of Alabama’s worst floods was in Elba, Alabama, on March 1929. That would of lead to one of Alabama’s worst disaster. http://www.haleyearhart.com/photos/wea00784_JohnstownFlood_Sm.jpg

  4. Dikes What is a dike? Dikes are very important! They are channels that make flood water go to a near by river, lake, or ocean, etc. http://ninbnews.org/images/hart_ditch_flood_wall_working.jpg

  5. Powerful Floods • Floods are very powerful. Some floods are caused by a broken dam on a lake (like Johnstown Flood). The power of a flood could be so powerful it is equal to a wall of concrete. http://www.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/t/tucktan/12.jpg

  6. http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2007/08/30/global-warming-brought-floods_5106.jpghttp://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2007/08/30/global-warming-brought-floods_5106.jpg Quiz What is a flood? 1 A overflow of water that the grounds can’t hold. 2 A huge thunderstorm that produces a lot of rain What was one of the worst floods in U.S.A’s history? 1 Little T’s town Flood 2 Johnstown Flood What is a dike? 1 channels that make flood water go to a near by river, lake, or ocean, ect. 2 a huge disaster that shakes the earth’s grounds. How powerful can a flood get 1 powerful as a wall of wood 2 powerful as a wall of concrete

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