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Throughout the world, flash floods rank as one of the deadliest weather phenomena. In developed countries like the United States, flash floods have claimed more lives over the last 30 years than hurricanes, tornadoes, or winter storms. As this paper was being compiled, flash floods in northern Venezuela claimed at least 15,000 lives on the night of 15-16 December 1999.
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Kelsch, M. (2001). Hydrometeorological Characteristics of Flash Floods. In: Gruntfest, E., Handmer, J. (eds) Coping With Flash Floods. NATO Science Series, vol 77. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0918-8_18
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