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43. That's why they are called FLASH floods

It can't happen everywhere. It really depends on the topology and how it drains.

It is hard to fathom it happening this quickly, especially considering that these events were much less common even 20 years ago. Our hotter climate holds vastly more water in vapor form, and we are now seeing crazy amounts of rainfall that were almost unprecedented a generation ago.

I once was in a camper van in New Zealand where we got 12 inches of rain in 12 hours. I never experienced anything like that. But it was normal in that area. Many roads were washed out, but crews were out early the next morning laying new gravel and asphalt. We knew about the storm in advance and the locals gave good instructions about where the big flash flood risks were. But still, that was soooooo much rain, it was scary.