river flood
Waterway exceeds banks
A river flood occurs when a river overflows its banks, inundating surrounding land.
This happens when rainfall, snowmelt, or dam failure sends more water downstream than the channel can contain.
River floods range from seasonal events that replenish floodplains to catastrophic disasters that destroy communities: The river flood left thousands homeless.
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- banksFinancial institutions or riversides
- muddyObscured by silt
torrent · rushing · debris · sandbags · levee · dam · evacuation · emergency shelter · swollen · crest · high water mark · downstream · current · destruction · warning · waters · submerged · water damage
- floodingmonsoon, rising water, deluge, inundation, high water
- floodwaterrising water, rising waters, muddy water, overflow, deluge
- natural disastersearthquake, tornado, hurricane, tsunami, volcanic eruption
- Flood Typesstorm surge, overflow, inundation, floodwaters, rising water
- water hazardstsunami, overflow, riptide, high waves, rising water
- severe weatherblizzard, hurricane, cyclone, hailstorm, ice storm
river flooddrought
Prolonged water scarcity
low water · dry riverbed · low flow · desiccation · ebb
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