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When there is flooding in an urban area, the sewage system floods as well and raw, untreated sewage contaminates the floodwater. So any disease that is spread in faeces is a risk in flooding. Usually the diseases spread in this way are cholera and typhoid but there may be others.
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Describe the causes and effects of air pollution and flooding in India and china?
Air Pollution & Flooding- Death- Sickness/Diseases- Falter in agriculture- Loss of money/houses/etc
What diseases of anceient times are still treated today?
Two diseases that I can think of right away are malaria and leprosy. Dysentery and other water born diseases are still active in areas prone to flooding.
What are 3 effects of river flooding?
it can cause damage to our house and property. it can spread diseases it can spoil crops
How does flooding cause diseases?
diseases spread after flood because chemicals of factories and dirty thinks mixes into water and as a result choler, typhoid like diseases spread also when the water dries up the pollution is carried through the air which is more harmful.
What is Epidemic after flood?
There is a potential for water born diseases like cholera and hepatitis A after a flood. Also flooding increases the risk of malaria and dengue.
What are Long term and short term effects of sewage?
Short term effects of flooding include: People drowning homes destroyed Communication links being broken Long term effects of flooding include: job losses Water base diseases being spread Short term effects of flooding mean what happened immediately after flooding or during the flood. Long term effects of flooding mean how were people effected months after the flood.
What are some problems faced by peasant farmers in the Caribbean?
Some of the problems faced by peasant are : 1. praedial larceny[theft] 2. pest and diseases 3. natural disasters {eg. flooding } 4. maintenance of farm 5. transport of produce
How does water spread diseases?
Flood water is not just overflow from streams - flooding often causes sewers to overflow, which of course are very unhygienic places. Since all flood water (from various sources) tends to mix together in areas of flooding, a huge amount of germs can be spread very efficiently over a large vicinity. A secondary issue is that bacteria, molds etc... require water and dampness in order to multiply effectively; flooding allows them not just to spread, but also to multiply.
What are the stages of a flood?
1.minor flooding 2.moderate flooding 3.major flooding _______ extra is a 'recording flooding'
What is the flooding in Tenerife?
Tenerife has not flooding.
What can a hurricane produce apart from winds?
It can cause massive inland flooding from all the rain it produces. Also the storm surge on the coast can wash away many homes and go quite a ways inland. Landslides from the rain are also the problem. Diseases from the flooding are another problem. Washed away crops. etc....
Is flooding an adjective?
It can be (flooding rains, flooding basements). Both the present participle (flooding) and the past partciple (flooded) are adjectives for the verb 'to flood.'
