User:Sophia ph/sandbox

= Floods can reach heights of 30 feet tall or more ! =

That's 6 times the size of a big car, just like this one here --->.

Floods can reach that high because water runs down hills / mountains quickly, this is called runoff. This makes any type of water resource rise quickly and it will go out of the top, this is called overflow.

Another reason is that water can not get into any rocks or clay soils so it can not go anywhere.

How to stop that from happening
To stop this from happening you should build a wall around the city, town , or village 60 feet tall so the water doesn't go into the village , city , or town and everybody will be safe from the flood ! I would suggest to make the wall that is quite hard to break so the flood can't break it.

Here are some more facts about floods :

 * Bangladesh has had the most floods in the world, about 18% of it is flooded every year.
 * Floods are caused by regular heavy rain falls, storms and tsunami's
 * In the U.S. floods kill more people than tornadoes, hurricanes and lightning do every year
 * Floods can move a foot per second
 * Floods can move rocks that weigh over 100 pounds