How do floods affect the lives of people?

Answer 1

Floods can affect every area of life and property:

• Floods can damage homes and kill people and animals.
• Floods destroy growing crops and wash away the rich topsoil that is so necessary for growing crops.
• Floods can release toxic materials such as heating oil, gasoline, liquid waste and fertilizers.
• In warmer climates they can bring poisonous snakes right into homes and people who need to wade through the flood waters are at risk from snakebites.
• Floods wash away roads and bridges and buildings and vehicles.
• Floods can change the courses of rivers and streams and wash away property lines.