Floods:

Causes and Effects

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Water covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, such as lakes, oceans, seas, rivers and much more.

Causes
1. Floods are formed when big waves are rolled on normally dry places.

2. Rain can also cause floods when it rains more than the land can handle.


3. Floods can happen after a hurricane, such as after hurricane Katrina it flooded the neighborhoods in New Orleans.

Effects
1. Floods can make people drown and die.

2.Floods can destroy a lot of people’s homes.

3. It can flood a lot of places that we really need like homes, stores and much more.