Guide Note:
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge usually due to the volume of water within a body of water, such as a river or lake, exceeding the total capacity of the body, and as a result some of the water flows or sits outside of the normal perimeter of the body.
Fast Facts:
- On average, floods cause more deaths each year than any other natural disaster
- May 31, 1889 In Johnstown, PA 2,200 died in the United States Deadliest flood
- 1931 The world's deadliest flood hit the Yellow River in China 4million people are estimated to have died
