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Heavy Rains
21 Hurricanes can cause serious flooding even without a storm surge. Their
rainbands can dump 10 to 15 inches of rain in a twenty-four hour period.
Bigger storms bring heavier rains—up to 20 inches or more. Such huge
amounts of rainfall in a short amount of time can flood entire communities.
22 Heavy rains can also cause mudslides. Rain mixes with the soil on
mountains and hillsides and forms mud. The mud flows downhill. Rocks
break free, adding to the mixture. As the mudslide rushes down the
mountain, it rips out trees and carries away houses. Down below, it buries
everything in mud. Hurricane Mitch killed more than ten thousand people
in 1998 due to mudslides caused by heavy rains.
When Hurricane Floyd came
toward land in September 1999,
its storm surge collapsed this
pier at Daytona Beach, Florida.
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