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What (who) is flash flood - definition

RAPID FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS, OFTEN CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, HURRICANE, TROPICAL STORM, OR MELT WATER FROM ICE OR SNOW
Flash flooding; Flash floods; Heavy flood; Heavy flooding; Flash-flood
  • A flash flood greatly inundates a small ditch, flooding barns and ripping out newly installed drain pipes.
  • Driving through a flash-flooded road
  • A flash flood after a thunderstorm in the [[Gobi]], Mongolia
  • An underpass in Charlottesville, V.A. during normal conditions (upper) and after fifteen minutes of heavy rain (lower)
  • Flash flooded road in [[Northern Mexico]], after a 3–5 hour long thunderstorm that occurred during a drought that lasted nearly 1 year

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(flash floods)
A flash flood is a sudden rush of water over dry land, usually caused by a great deal of rain.
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¦ noun a sudden local flood resulting from heavy rain.
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A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, or tropical storm, or by meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields.

Wikipedia

Flash flood

A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, or tropical storm, or by meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash floods may also occur after the collapse of a natural ice or debris dam, or a human structure such as a man-made dam, as occurred before the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Flash floods are distinguished from regular floods by having a timescale of fewer than six hours between rainfall and the onset of flooding.

Flash floods are a significant hazard, causing more fatalities in the U.S. in an average year than lightning, tornadoes, or hurricanes. Flash floods can also deposit large quantities of sediments on floodplains and can be destructive of vegetation cover not adapted to frequent flood conditions.

Examples of use of flash flood
1. More than half the state‘s counties were under flash flood watches, flash flood warnings, flood warnings or a combination of watches and warnings Wednesday night.
2. "The flash flood has receded, leaving mud and damaged houses.
3. A flash flood watch remained in effect for Wednesday morning.
4. In southern Missouri, heavy rain prompted flash flood warnings.
5. Many houses in Yen Bai destroyed by flash flood.