Floods and Flash Floods Are the Deadliest Severe Weather Event

Flash floods occur within a few minutes or hours of excessive rainfall,
a dam or levee failure, or a sudden release of water held by an ice jam.
Rapidly rising water can reach heights of 30 feet or more. Most flash
floods are caused by slow-moving thunderstorms, or multiple
thunderstorms which move over the same area one right after the other.

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