What problems are caused by floods?

      

Give the problems caused by floods.

  

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Maurice
(i) Disrupting transport and communication.

(ii) People are displaced by floods.

(iii) The stagnant water becomes breeding ground for vectors that cause water related diseases.

(iv) Floods cause loss of property/ lives.

(v) Floods destroy crops leading to food shortages/ famine.

(vi) Floods wash away bridges/ roads/ telephone line/ Air fields.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on July 3, 2017 at 06:00


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