FLOODING

GROUP MEMBERS• RACHELLE GRAY• NEVIN MILLS• MELAINE BROWN• ALEX ELLIS• NATOYA KELLY• JAHWE WILLIAMS• ANITA WISHART

WHAT IS FLOODING?• IS AN OUTFLOW OF AN EXPANSE OF

WATER THAT SUBMERGES LAND.

• A TEMPORARY COVERING BY WATER OF LAND NOT NORMALLY COVERED BY WATER

TYPES OF FLOODING• COASTAL FLOODING• RIVER FLOODING• GROUND WATER FLOODING

FLASH FLOOD A SUDDEN, VIOLENT FLOOD AFTER HEAVY RAIN.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING• IS A WARNING THAT IS ISSUED

WHEN A FLASH FLOOD IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA

FLASH FLOOD WATCH• ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS SRE

FAVOURABLE FOR FLASH FLOOD IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS WHERE GROUNDS ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS

CAUSES OF FLOODING• HEAVY RAIN FALL AND

THUNDERSTORMS• RIVERS OVER FLOWING THEIR

BANKS• SNOW MELT• A COMBINATION OF STORMS, TIDES

AND LOW AIR PRESSURE• POOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

EFFECTS OF FLOODING FLOODING CAN AFFECT VARIOUS

ASPECTS OF LIFE SUCH AS: ECONOMICSOCIALENVIRONMENT

ECONOMIC EFFECT• Revenue loss• Tourism lost• Job lost• Lost of investment• Loss of property• Increase expenses

SOCIAL EFFECT• Damage to and destruction of buildings • Damage to local infrastructure i.e. road• Disruptions to local utilities and services – Transportation – Drinking water – Wastewater treatment – Natural gas – Power – Emergency services

ENVIRONMENT EFFECT• Damage to plant communities • Damage to animal species –Loss of wildlife, including land and

aquatic species –Loss of wildlife habitat

• Soil erosion

MITIGATION STRATEGIES

• INDIVIDUAL•COMMUNITY•NATIONAL

INDIVIDUAL

• BEFORE – Keep a battery-powered radio – retreat to the second floor– Keep a flash flight – Follow emergency instructions

• DURING Do not drive through a flooded area Stay away from downed power lines and

electrical wires Look out for animals

INDIVIDUAL cont’d

• AFTERcheck for structural damagedo not use matchesboil water for drinking and food preparationTake steps to reduce your risk of future floods

INDIVIDUAL cont’d

COMMUNITY• PROPER DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE.• CLEAN DRAIN• RE-PLANT TREES

NATIONAL• EDUCATE THE PUBLIC• MAINTENANCE OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS• RELOCATE CITIZENS FROM FLOOD PRONE

AREAS• PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF

CASE STUDY ON HAITI

In October 2010 grounds in Haiti were flooded due to a number of reason and with it was a lot of effects.

CAUSES OF FLOODING IN HAITIHurricanes - TOMASLand slippages - DEFORESTATIONPoor management of land - IRRIGATION

• EFFECTS – Lost of lives and properties– Diseases which will eventually lead to death– Damage to infrastructure– Social effects

CASE STUDY ON HAITI

IMAGES OF HAITI FLOODING

CASE STUDY ON JAMICA

In September of this year Tropical Storm Nicole affected Jamaica which triggered flooding in many of the flood prone areas in the country. The storm left eight people dead.

• Some flood prone areas in Jamaica.Cave Valley in ClarendonHopewell in HanoverAlligator Pond in ManchesterNew Market in St. ElizabethDuncans in TrelawnyPetersfield in Westmoreland

CASE STUDY ON JAMICA

• EFFECTS OF THE FLOODING IN JAMAICA WERE MAINLY:

• ECONOMIC EFFECTS• SOCIAL EFFECTS• ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS

CASE STUDY ON JAMICA

IMAGES FROM JAMAICA

OTHER PLACES FLOODED PREVIOUSLY

• BARBADOS• TRINIDAD• INDIA• PHILIPINES• CUBA• UNITED STATES

A VIDEO CLIPING

• FLOODING VIDEO• Haiti• Jamaica