Floods

What are floods?

• Pellets of ice that fall during thunderstorms
• Whirling colums of clouds, air that descend from supercell thunderstorms
• None of the Above
• When water overflows oceans, lakes, rivers due to too much precipitation, or even caused by explosions

What is storm surge?

• Wall of Dust
• Spiraling Winds
• Wall of Water from Hurricane Winds pushing ashore ocean water
• None of the above

What is the part of flash floods which cause damage?

• Snakes
• Houses 
• Wood
• Power of moving water

What is a Flood alerted as on weather forecasts?

• Pollution Alert
• Flash Flood Warning 

When a flood is in an area, which action should be taken?

• Go to low elevation
• Go to high elevation

What supplies are needed during a flash flood?

• Clean food, clean drinking water, flashlights, aid kit, working supplies
• Garbage, torches, infected stuff

How can you clean up after a flash flood?

• Put supplies into groups which are damaged on your lawn so your suppliences are good to use, when cleaning you house 
• Put supplies on road for other drivers to take care of

True/False: Donations give money to those who lost their money in  natural disasters or other bad stuff?

• True
• False

What is a wall across a river that controls the flow of river water?

• dam
• flood
• floodway
• levee

What is a prepared path for flood waters to flow over, often to prevent damage to communities?

• dam

• flood

• floodplain

• levee