flood damage
Water's devastating aftermath
Flood damage is harm caused by flooding—water entering buildings, destroying crops, eroding land, or ruining possessions.
Insurance policies distinguish flood damage from other water damage, and coverage often requires separate flood insurance: The policy excluded flood damage, so they had to pay for repairs themselves.
Flood damage also describes the aftermath: We spent weeks cleaning up the flood damage.
- rising watersIncreasing water levels
- levee breachBroken flood control structure
- dam failureBarrier collapse releasing water
- water contaminationHarmful substances in drinking supply
- drainage systemsChannels for water removal
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- disruptionsinterruption, disturbance, interference, delay, obstruction
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- weather damageice storm, lightning strikes, storm surge, lightning strike, ice dam
- auto insuranceauto insurance, car insurance, vehicle insurance, collision coverage, liability coverage
- building damagestructural collapse, cracked foundation, wall crack, bowing, sagging
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Measures preventing water damage
flood prevention · structural integrity · flood recovery · flood mitigation · restoration
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