Journal ArticleOpen Access
Investigation of Flash Floods on Early Basis: A Factual Comprehensive Review
Author Affiliations
Usman Institute of Technology, University of Kuala Lumpur, Institute of Business Management
Published InIEEE Access
Year2020
Citations30
Abstract
Ultimate extreme flash floods can be acknowledged as a main reason of high casualties and infrastructure loss in many countries like Pakistan, Malaysia, Philippines, Southern France, India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Canada, United States of America and others. Run offs can devastate huge buildings and personal belongings within fraction of seconds. Flash floods usually occurs due to many reasons like higher precipitation velocity, melting of ice debris in ocean, high wave current at sea shore, broken reservoir (dam), Cloud to ground flashes, thunderstorm and hurricane inside the ocean. More than one hundred and twenty thousand casualties resulted due to the flash floods during the 1992 and 2005. According to the literature review deadliest flash floods have been observed in past history.…
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