Have ____ ever been in an earthquake or a tornado? These ____ may never happen where you live. But flooding is something ____ can happen in almost every part of the United States. Not ____ floods are alike. Some floods happen over many days. A flash flood ____ happen in minutes. Learning about floods can help you ____ safe. There are two types of ____. The first type happens when a ____ has too much water. The water in a river rises over the river’s ____. This might happen because ____ have caused too much rain to fall. In rivers near mountains, melting ____ can also cause floods. Warm weather can quickly ____ the snow. The ____ flows down to flood the rivers. The second type of flood happens when ____ is pushed onto the land. This can happen during a ____. Strong ____ blow water onto the land. ____ can also cause this kind of flooding. The sudden movement of the ground can cause walls of water to rush toward the ____. There can be many problems ____ a flood. If a farm floods, the water can drown the ____. This means that there will be less food for people to eat. Floods also cause damage to buildings and ____. They can even wash away entire roads! This can make it hard for rescue workers to help people who are ____ by the water. But it is important to get ____ and drinking water to people during a flood. Everything they own may have been washed away. Or it might be covered in dirt. Sewers can overflow and make drinking water ____. This makes it unsafe. Without clean food and water, people can get ____. All over the ____, people work to avoid flooding. In many ____, people build walls to keep water away from the land. In one part of England, there is a large metal wall ____ a river. The wall is raised when the sea level gets too ____. This keeps the river from ____. In the United States, many towns have sold part of their land. The government used that land to create ____. These wetlands act like ____ that absorb water from floods. This helps stop the water from reaching towns and damaging them. Floods can be ____, but flooding does not last ____. People are working to make floods less harmful to buildings, ____, and themselves. Knowing how floods happen can help keep you ____. Being ____ can help you stay safe too.

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