Spring is officially considered the flooding season worldwide. And it is not only because of the snowmelt. The most severe floods happen in Spring, even in the places that don't enjoy the snowy winters. Spring flooding can happen due to a whole number of reasons.
The thing is, Spring is the period when air masses move particularly actively. Even if in your area there is no significant temperature and whether the difference between summer and winter, there is a strong chance that you will still get your portion of spring flooding as cyclones start traveling worldwide, temperatures rise and fall.
Add to the picture climate change and global warming, and you get a perfect recipe for massive spring flooding, even if nothing like this has ever happened in your area before.
In this article, we shall talk about the nature of spring floods, why and where they are likely to occur, and how you can make sure that the upcoming flood season won't cause you any losses or damage.
Spring flooding in numbers.
To understand why spring floods should concern you no matter where you live, you can simply take a look at some raw numbers:
- Flooding is the most frequent natural disaster in the world;
- Over 60% of weather-related deaths happen due to floods;
- All 50 American states are affected by spring flooding and especially flash floods;
- a flood as low as 2 feet can swipe off a vehicle;
- 90% of American households and businesses have to deal with water damage caused by spring floods;
- water damage of a 2,000 sq feet building can cost you over $50,000
- Spring floods leave thousands of people homeless and force businesses off the market. In most cases, the damage is beyond repair.
In other words, spring flooding can strike you and your business any day at any moment and become fatal. There are more people to get killed or go bankrupt due to spring flooding than by any other reason, including hurricanes, tornados as well as wars, and economic crises.
What does spring flooding bring?
So, let's make it clear, it is not whether spring flooding will happen in your area. It is when it happens and how prepared you will be.
A sudden cluster or line of thunderstorms moving through will become a reason for massive flash flooding, whether it happened before or not. Climate change has led to the fact that areas traditionally covered with snow in winter might have hardly seen a snowflake this season. While the next state, traditionally dry and snowless, might have been covered with a blizzard just a few weeks ago.
The scenario and trajectory of movement for air masses are changing as the temperatures rise and the gap between winter and summer becomes more dramatic.
Why is spring flooding so dangerous?
Here comes the natural question: if spring flooding is such a frequent event and scientists already understand its nature and threat risks, why do so many people suffer from them and get caught in spring floods by surprise?
The main reason is the nature of spring flooding. Most of those floods are the so-called flash floods, which men's that your property may go from entirely dry to flooded up to the roof in a matter of several minutes.
In a perfect world, Spring comes, the sun starts shining brighter and warmer, snow starts melting, and authorities and people start preparing for the floods, reinforcing river banks and houses.
But reality can be brutally different. Due to rising temperatures, snow may start melting while the ground remains frozen. Temperatures may go up and down several times in a few days, creating an ice layer that will make the soil even more firm and impenetrable for water.
In other words, the water from snowmelt has nowhere to go but runs directly to the close river or creek, turning them into raging flows of dirty and cold water with debris and garbage that people tend to leave in forests.
If you live in an urban area and don't have any rivers or lakes next to your house, you are as vulnerable to spring flooding as any farm upstate. Asphalt and road paving prevent water from soaking in the soil all year round. At the same time, underground streams and rivers captured into tubes and sewers inevitably overflow the system, destroy the infrastructure and turn into destructive, dirty floods.
Let's also mention the fact that due to global warming and the melt of ice caps, there is more and more water in the world every year. The flood control systems built decades ago simply cannot cope with the amount of water they have to face today.
How to prepare for spring flooding?
The best way to stay safe during spring flooding is to understand and acknowledge its true danger. While the infrastructure is constantly developing and new flood control methods are being introduced worldwide, it is always best to have a reliable and user-friendly anti-flooding solution in your house or business.
Flood barriers are the most popular devices worldwide that can protect any kind of building from flooding and prevent massive losses to water damage.
Home barriers are easy to use and can be deployed in a matter of several minutes. It makes them the most efficient solution even in case of flash spring flooding that won't leave you too much time to prepare and protect your property.
Flood barriers can be used multiple times and don't need much storage space, which makes them one of the most eco-friendly flood control devices on the modern market.
Contact Dam Easy today and learn about our flood barriers for homes or businesses and other modern anti-flooding products that will ensure your safety during the upcoming spring flooding season and help you avoid massive damage to your property and your bank account.
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