Flooding and flashing flooding are not restricted to specific areas of the country. Certain geographical locations may be more prone to annual flooding or a flash flood from a sudden rainfall.
For many years, people have built homes and businesses on flood plains, low lying land adjacent to rivers and streams.
This increases the probabilities of property damage and loss of life from a flash flood's quick moving, often unexpected, wall of water or the slower inundation of a flood.
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