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Economic and Social Impacts of Flooding (Social Impacts (Homelessness…
Economic and Social Impacts of Flooding
Social Impacts
Injuries spread of diseases and loss of lives
People injured by objects and debris washed in floodwater
People killed by collapsed buildings
People suffering from hypothermia
Constant shivering,confusion and loss of coordination
Homelessness
Floodwater damages property and sweep houses away
Residents are forced to evacuate to shelters
Require long periods of time to rebuild their settlements
Strong winds can also cause damage to property during the period of flooding
Disruption to clean water supply
People are forced to ration water as a result
As a result sewage and waste materials can pollute the water causing it to be contaminated
Supply of water can be disrupted due to to damaged water pipes sewage pipes may burst
Economic impact
Damage to machinery and equipment
Flooding may damage machinery and equipment such as drilling machine
Factories are not ale to operate properly as they d not have the required machines and thus severe economic loss
Requires a lot of money to replace the equipment
Damage to transport infrastructure
Floodwater can cause damage to roads and railway tracks
During floods roads and railway tracks might be submerged and impassable
Force of floods can be to powerful and damage roads and bridges
Government face economic loss as they have to repair these infrastructures
Disruption to energy supply
Power cut may continue on for weeks and effect lives
For example power lines get cut due to heavy flooding
Floods can disrupt the supply of energy by affecting its distribution
Government requires money to clear the disruption to the energy supply
FARHAN M. 2E4 (22)
