{"id":18865,"date":"2016-03-08T19:56:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T19:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/spring-valley-ca-puroclean-bonita\/blog\/facts-about-flash-floods-2\/"},"modified":"2016-03-08T19:56:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T19:56:43","slug":"facts-about-flash-floods-2","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/spring-valley-ca-puroclean-bonita\/blog\/facts-about-flash-floods-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Flood Facts: Fun Facts About Floods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"Flash floods occur due to heavy rainfall, rapid snow thaw, city drains overflowing, or dam\/levee failures. They occur quickly and unexpectedly, within 6 hours of the events that caused them. Here are more facts to give you an idea of how dangerous flash floods can be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 Facts About Flash Floods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. Every region in the United States can be affected by flash floods, especially low-lying areas: near river beds and coastlines.<\/li>
  2. Cities are more likely to be affected by flash floods due to the predominant impermeable surfaces, such as asphalt, and the lack of natural drainage systems.<\/li>
  3. The water from flash floods can reach a height of 20 feet, severely damaging anything in its path.<\/li>
  4. Just 2 feet of floodwater moving at 9 feet per second (standard speed of flash floods) is enough to sweep vehicles away, move 100-pound rocks, uproot trees, or level buildings.<\/li>
  5. Just 6 inches of rapidly moving floodwater can sweep someone off their feet.<\/li>
  6. Between 2004 and 2013, an average of 75 people has died from flash floods in the United States per year.<\/li>
  7. Nearly all who perished during flash floods tried to outrun the waters rather than going to a higher area.<\/li>
  8. Two-thirds of the deaths claimed by flash floods occur in vehicles when the drivers try to pass through the floodwater.<\/li>
  9. Flash floods can cause extensive structural damage: 12\u201d of floodwater on a 2,000 square foot building can cause $50,000 worth of damage or more.<\/li>
  10. Flash flood warnings are issued by the National Weather Service when a flash flood is imminent.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Tips to prepare for spring storms are available here<\/a> and information on how to act during and after the disaster can be accessed here<\/a>. If your basement has flooded, take a look at these tips<\/a>. For professional fire, water and mold restoration services, contact your local PuroClean office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Flash floods occur due to heavy rainfall, rapid snow thaw, city drains overflowing, or dam\/levee failures. They occur quickly and unexpectedly, within 6 hours of the events that caused them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","blog-category":[13],"class_list":["post-18865","blog","type-blog","status-publish","hentry","blog-category-water-restoration"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/spring-valley-ca-puroclean-bonita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/18865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/spring-valley-ca-puroclean-bonita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/spring-valley-ca-puroclean-bonita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/spring-valley-ca-puroclean-bonita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/spring-valley-ca-puroclean-bonita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/18865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/spring-valley-ca-puroclean-bonita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/spring-valley-ca-puroclean-bonita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-category?post=18865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}