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Flooding is the number ONE weather related killer.
Most deaths associated with floods occur either at night, or when people become trapped in automobiles that stall while driving in areas that are flooded. Both hold potential for causing death, injury and property destruction. Most flash floods are caused by slow-moving thunderstorms, or thunderstorms which move over the same area one right after the other. Flash floods generally occur within a short time period after a rain event - generally 6 hours or less. For this reason they are more life threatening.