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Flooding as a Natural Phenomenon

Flooding from rivers and coastal waters is a natural phenomenon that cannot be entirely prevented and can have significant impacts on human activities, lives, property, infrastructure and the environment.

Flooding from rivers and coastal waters is a natural phenomenon that cannot be entirely prevented. It constitutes a temporary covering of land by water and can have a significant impact on human activities, threatening lives, property, infrastructure and the environment.

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