Phenomena and Processes

Floods

Sudden onset water phenomena with different speed of occurrence. These include flash floods, seasonal river floods, and coastal floods, associated with CYCLONIC STORMS; TIDALWAVES; and storm surges.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Sudden onset water phenomena with different speed of occurrence. These include flash floods, seasonal river floods, and coastal floods, associated with CYCLONIC STORMS; TIDALWAVES; and storm surges.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Catastrophic Flooding
  • Flooding, Catastrophic
  • Catastrophic Floodings
  • Floodings, Catastrophic

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Aspects Covered

6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, history, mortality, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with DISASTERS if pertinent; specify geographic location

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History Note

2009; use DISASTERS 1982-2008

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Previous Indexing

  • Disasters (1972-2008)

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Tree Numbers

  1. G16.500.175.812w
  2. N06.230w.100w.230w.250w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Floods. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055868. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055868
  2. Floods. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood
  3. Floods. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8068