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A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm , hurricane , or tropical storm , or by meltwater from ice and snow .
A flash flood is a rapid and sudden flooding of low-lying areas. It typically occurs within a few hours, often even minutes, of heavy rainfall. This makes flash floods extremely dangerous as there ...
Flash flood in Ein Avdat, Negev, Israel. River flooding is often caused by heavy rain, sometimes increased by melting snow. A flood that rises rapidly, with little or no warning, is called a flash flood. Flash floods usually result from intense rainfall over a relatively small area, or if the area was already saturated from previous precipitation.
The 2017 Ellison Creek flooding [1] or mostly known as the 2017 Payson flash floods occurred on July 15, 2017, near Payson, Arizona, in the Water Wheel Falls Hiking Trail in the Tonto National Forest that killed 10 members of an extended family. Before the flash floods, 10 of those people, and 4 others, were celebrating a birthday party. [2]
The region is particularly at risk of flash flooding – due to its hard ground and vulnerability to the “cold drop” – but its infrastructure has been unable to protect its residents.
"Dangerous conditions with a high risk of flash flooding, mudslides and other debris flows with washouts are likely." As of early Saturday local time, up to a foot of rain has fallen, with 6-10 ...
[26] [27] This was followed by a second landslide at approximately 04:10 IST (22:40 UTC) in nearby Chooralmala, which diverted the Iruvanjippuzha river, causing flash floods that washed away the entire Chooralmala village. The collapse of the only bridge connecting the settlements left approximately 400 families stranded in Mundakkai and Attamala.
Jordan flash flood AP A general view shows the location of the accident where people were killed in a flash flood near the Dead Sea, Jordan, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)