Damages of Floods

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Clean-Up Costs

When there is flood all the objects along the flood direction gets move. Which messes up the area and the to clean these up government should provide the clean up costs from the budget.

Traffic Disruption

When there is flood or over flowed water will cover up the road. Due to there are always severe traffic problems. Not just that the strong water flow also ruins the road.

Unlike Rainwater

Rain usually considered clean, floodwater - whatever the source – is always considered black. Full of bacteria, it can also contain traces of petrol, chemicals, and other toxins which are harmful to health.

Landslide

When there is heavy rain or strong water flow the flood occurs in the mountain which may cause a landslide that could damage houses, cars, and roads.

Building Collapse

A lot of buildings were destroyed by the flood and people try to remove the destroyed building and build again the structures.

Structural damage to bridges and roadways, making travel impossible.

Dead cows on Oxley Island, east of Taree, in the NSW floods. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

South Africa Declares Floods a Disaste as Deaths Pass 300

Flood victims receive boiled rice from relief workers in Charsadda, Pakistan, in late August.

Floods on the southeastern United States, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

livestock damage

Floods can bring a range of animal health problems

Cost of reconstruction due to building collapse

The cost of building reconstruction due to the collapse of the building may cause economic hardship.

Inflation due to food shortages

It might lead to food shortages and higher supermarket prices for milk, fruit, vegetables and other farm products.

Electrical damage and risk

Heavy rains often cause flooding in lowland areas, homes and basements. Safe Electricity reminds everyone to be aware of the electric hazards flooding creates.

Eight dead after heavy rains cause major floods in Seoul

Human casualties

At least eight people were killed and seven others reported missing after some of the heaviest rainfall in decades drenched the greater Seoul region. The floods turning the affluent streets of the South Korean capital’s Gangnam district into a river of submerged vehicles and overwhelmed public transport systems.

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