Climate risk · Rationale

Flash flood

Flood characterised by a rapid onset and short duration, generated by intense rainfall over a small or steep catchment, leaving little warning time and causing sudden, destructive inundation.

Definition source: AGROVOC: flash floods; IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.11

Synonyms

flash flooding

Broader

Flood

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_126 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_126
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_126)