Floods
Flooding in September, 1999
Floods are a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land. There have been so many floods that they are innumerable. Some known floods are the flood in Bangladesh in 1974, the flood of Mississippi Valley in 1937, and the Johnston flood of 1889. Floods can destroy homes, villages, towns, cities, and mainly, the ecosystem.
Floods can wipe out the entire area and destroy organism's habitats in which they live in. It can wipe out their food source, causing them to have nothing to eat. If so, they will have to adapt to their surroundings to find new food, or die out. Depending on what level in the food chain the organism that dies out is in, could effect the rest. For example, if it is a producer, it could make all the rest die out because of no food or energy source for the rest of the organisms. In Texas, it could give the plants too much water and cause them to drown. It gives the plants water and the animals enough water to drink.
Floods can wipe out the entire area and destroy organism's habitats in which they live in. It can wipe out their food source, causing them to have nothing to eat. If so, they will have to adapt to their surroundings to find new food, or die out. Depending on what level in the food chain the organism that dies out is in, could effect the rest. For example, if it is a producer, it could make all the rest die out because of no food or energy source for the rest of the organisms. In Texas, it could give the plants too much water and cause them to drown. It gives the plants water and the animals enough water to drink.
Fun Facts
- All the states in the United States are subject to flash floods. None of them are safe
- A car can be washed away with at least 2 feet of water
- In the past years, flooding has caused the United States $2.9 billion on average
- Since 1900, floods have killed 10,000 people in the United States
- It may not be raining when you are under a Flash Flood Warning
- Majority of the people killed in floods were in a vehicle