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Why do floods occur?

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∙ 10y ago
Updated: 9/11/2023

In most places it rains heavily during the monsoon season. (the time when the wind follows the seasons) There is so much of water in rivers that in many of them the water rises above the banks. It causes great damage to life, roads, property, railway lines, and houses.

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