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2001 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Hydrometeorological Characteristics of Flash Floods

verfasst von : Matthew Kelsch

Erschienen in: Coping With Flash Floods

Verlag: Springer Netherlands

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Throughout the world, flash floods rank as one of the deadliest weather phenomena. In developed countries like the United States, flash floods have claimed more lives over the last 30 years than hurricanes, tornadoes, or winter storms. As this paper was being compiled, flash floods in northern Venezuela claimed at least 15,000 lives on the night of 15-16 December 1999.

Metadaten
Titel
Hydrometeorological Characteristics of Flash Floods
verfasst von
Matthew Kelsch
Copyright-Jahr
2001
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0918-8_18