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What are the causes of floods? How can we prevent it?

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Floods can be caused due to many reasons such as heavy rainfall, severe wind over water, unusual climate change, tsunami, failure of dams and reservoirs.

Floods are very dangerous and can cause large damage. We should try to prevent them. Afforestation, proper drainage systems, building dams and reservoirs are some ways to prevent the floods.

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