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 * **__Floods __** || **Grade Level: 6-8 9-12** ||
 * Learn the difference between a Flood Watch, a Flash Flood Watch, a Flood Warning, and a Flash Flood Warning. Then, learn about the ways you can prepare for a possible flood, and how to evacuate if you are ever in a dangerous flood situation. ||
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 * **__How Floods Work __** || **Grade Level: 6-8 9-12** ||
 * Explore causes of flooding, flood control levees, and the powerful and dangerous force of floodwaters. ||
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 * FEMA explains the difference between floods and flash floods. Learn to recognize flood hazards near where you live, and find out what to do before, during, and after a flood. ||
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 * FEMA explains the difference between floods and flash floods. Learn to recognize flood hazards near where you live, and find out what to do before, during, and after a flood. ||
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 * **__Floods __** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grade Level: 3-5 6-8 ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">A sand table illustrates how a river erodes, deposits, and carries sediment. Meteorologists use computer programs to try to predict when a river will crest. Determining where, how much, and how fast the rain is falling helps meteorologists predict flash floods. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Environmental Hazards: Floods __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 6-8 9-12** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">On September 8, 2002, many parts of the city of Inverness, in Scotland, were submerged in five feet of water. What caused the flooding in Inverness? ||
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 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">On September 8, 2002, many parts of the city of Inverness, in Scotland, were submerged in five feet of water. What caused the flooding in Inverness? ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Floods of Evidence __** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Do the actions of people contribute to catastrophic floods? The Why Files looks back at some historic floods and describes these destructive natural disasters. Find out about the toll on human lives and about the economic cost of these disasters. Many human actions that contribute to floods are described, including deforestation and growing populations in flood prone areas. The role of wetlands in flood prevention is discussed. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Floods __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The most common of all natural disasters flooding can be caused by storms, tsunamis, snowmelt, and overflowing rivers. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Emergency Preparedness and Response: Floods __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 6-8 9-12** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">You will discover what to do to get ready if a flood were to happen in your area. There is information about some previous floods that have in occurred in places such as North Dakota and Minnesota. Much of the site is devoted to teaching ways to handle issues that arise once a flood has occurred. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Epic Flood Triggered Ancient Big Chill, Study Says __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 6-8 9-12** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Eight thousand years ago, the draining of a huge glacial lake into the ocean triggered a mild ice age across Europe and North America. The Northern Hemisphere experienced a century of cold weather due to the disruption of ocean currents deep in the Atlantic Ocean. Some scientists fear that Greenland's rapidly melting glaciers could slow the North Atlantic Deep Water current that controls Europe's climate. Study the evidence found by researchers at the bottom of the ocean and the possibility and potential impact of such an event. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Floods and Dams __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The human response to the threat of flooding has often been building levees and dams. These inventions have brought a whole new set of problems. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">China Under Water __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The streets have become raging rivers as severe flooding hits parts of China. ||
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