How floods differ from flash floods?

Answer 1

A flood is virtually any case of large mounts of water moving onto land.

A hurricane is a tropical cyclone (i.e has a closed circulation of air) with sustained winds of at least 74 mph (119 km/h). Hurricane that hit land almost always cause flooding, but some hurricanes stay at sea and never threaten land.

Answer 2

Floods are prolonged events that occur over days or weeks, covering a larger area and affecting more people and properties. Flash floods, on the other hand, happen rapidly within a few hours or even minutes, characterized by a sudden and intense flow of water that can be devastating due to its speed and force. Flash floods are usually caused by heavy rainfall, dam failures, or sudden snowmelt.

Answer 3

Both refer to the same thing, but the term "flash flood" implies that the flood came so quickly and unexpected that there was no time to make preparations. In many cases the flash flood causes the water level to rise several metres within a very short period of time.

Flash floods are most likely to be caused by a sudden weather event, such as a storm, while slow-onset floods are caused by prolonged, sustained rain.

Answer 4

A flood is when a nearby source of water swells, engulfing an area of water. While a mudd-slide is when a portion of a hill, mountain shift (typically collapsing) and swallow what is beneath it.

Answer 5

flood involves water rising and overflowing its normal path. But a flash flood is a specific type of flood that appears and moves quickly across the land, with little warning that it's coming. Many things can cause a flash flood. Generally they are the result of heavy rainfall concentrated over one area. Most flash flooding is caused by slow-moving thunderstorms, thunderstorms that repeatedly move over the same area, or heavy rains from hurricanes and tropical storms. Dam failures can create the worst flash flood events. When a dam or levee breaks, a gigantic quantity of water is suddenly let loose downstream, destroying anything in its path. Flash flood waters move at very fast speeds while floods do not move with greater speed

Answer 6

Flash floods are caused by storms.

Normal floods are caused by non-stop rain.

Answer 7

hurricanes are more stronger and can ruin a whole entire state and floods arent that strong

Answer 8

A: floods are just plain floods and flash floods are floods that happen VERY VERY fast. hence the word "flash"

Answer 9

No, a flash flood is a flood that's REALLY fast and causes a lot more damage.

Answer 10

A flood is when it rains a lot and a tsunami is when the ocean has very big waves and it ends up on land far away from the water and causes a lot of damage.