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Page 1: Floods A certain surface is affected by excessive water for an indeterminated period of time. They can be seasonal or sudden.
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Floods

• A certain surface is affected by excessive water for an indeterminated period of time.

• They can be seasonal or sudden.

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Natural Causes

• Excesive rains.

• Overflowing of rivers, lagoons,lakes,etc.

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Human causes

• Bad agricultural practice

• Bad infraestructure

• Deforestation

• Urban increase

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Most important consequences

• Population mortality

• Economic losses

• Population evacuation

• Infraestructure destruction

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Recent examples in Argentina

• Flood in the northwest of Buenos Aires (1994)

• Flood in Litoral (1998- around Corrientes province)

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