Floods+For+Dummies

===**Floods are a rare occurence in most countries except ones that are on or near the Equator, where floods occur about 2 to 3 times a year.** **Floods classified as a natural disaster only occur about once in 50 years. We were unlucky to experience this type of event in early 2011 in Queensland (and then moved on to Victoria) as shown below.**===
 * Floods For Dummies**

===**Floods occur after too much heavy rain in a short period of time. This usually causes river banks to burst and the the densqe terrain can't absorb the water. Floods can also occur when dams break from earthquakes or to much water pressure. Floods also happen after tsunamis.Floods can cause mud and land slides. After fires mudsildes happen easier because the trees are dead so the soil is not held together that well. Strong winds can blow sea water up on low lying land. Global warming is melt ice in the poles and that means sea levels will rise even more. water expands as it's heated up and because of global warming it's going to get much warmer soon and more water means more flooding. Scientists predict that by the end of the 21century there will be a catastrophic rise in sea levels unless we built tall walls to stop the water from coming. Experts predict that by 2100 sea levels will rise 3 meters that means countries such as the netherlands will be under water which means there willl be less food in the world. Floods cost goverments and residents billions of dollars in repar costs. Floods have been occuring since the day dot. We have a timeline of some of the most catastrophic disasters during 1824 and 1986. If you observe closely, you will see that most of the floods have occured from either rivers of dam failures.**=== ===Farmers welcomed the flat land built up by centuries of flooding. The silt inside the soil now has lots of nutrients carried in by the streams of The Nile.===
 * = DATE ||= TYPE OF DISASTER ||= COUNTRY ||= NO. KILLED ||
 * = 1824 || RIVER FLOOD ||= ‍‍‍‍USSR ‍‍‍‍ || 10,000 ||
 * = 1876 ||= cyclone ||= India ||= 200,000 ||
 * = 1881 ||= typhoon ||= Indonesia ||= 300,000 ||
 * = 1882 ||= cyclone ||= India ||= 100,000 ||
 * = 1883 ||= tsunami ||= Indonesia ||= 37,000 ||
 * = 1887 || RIVER FLOOD ||= China || 1,500,000 ||
 * = 1889 || DAM FAILURE ||= USA || 2,200 ||
 * = 1896 ||= tsunami ||= Japan ||= 27,000 ||
 * = 1900 ||= hurricane ||= USA ||= 7,000 ||
 * = 1911 ||= RIVER FLOOD ||= CHINA ||= 100,000 ||
 * = 1931 ||= RIVER FLOOD ||= CHINA ||= 3,000,000 ||
 * = 1931 ||= RIVER FLOOD ||= BANGLADESH ||= 2,000 ||
 * = 1938 ||= RIVER LEEVES BROKEN ||= CHINA ||= 500,000 ||
 * = 1953 ||= storm ||= NW Europe ||= 2,000 ||
 * = 1963 ||= cyclone ||= Bangladesh ||= 22,000 ||
 * = 1963 ||= DAM OVERTOPPED ||= ITALY ||= 2,000 ||
 * = 1967 ||= DAM FAILURE ||= INDIA ||= 200 ||
 * = 1970 ||= cyclone ||= Bangladesh ||= 500,000 ||
 * = 1972 ||= DAM FAILURE ||= USA ||= 242 ||
 * = 1976 ||= RIVER FLOOD ||= USA ||= 139 ||
 * = 1977 ||= cyclone ||= India ||= 15,000 ||
 * = 1981 ||= RIVER FLOOD ||= CHINA ||= 3,000 ||
 * = 1986 ||= cyclone ||= Bangladesh ||= 200,000 ||

===To help you in a flood we made a raft to keep you aflot. The raft has all the vital equipmemt for a flood. In this vidio it show you about the raft and how it works, enjoy.===

biblorgraphy © kidcyber FloodsJune 2009 [|http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/floods.htm] 12 may 2011 Brain Knapp, __World Disasters Flood,__ Macmillan Publisher LTD, London, 1989. pp.4- 45 " Floods" __Children Britannica 7,__ Encyclopedia Britannica International LTD, London, 1985. pp.207- 209 media type="file" key="Raft design2.wmv" width="300" height="300"