Here are three real photographs of floods from around the world. Hover over a picture to make it jump, and check the Picture Sources box at the bottom to see exactly where each photo came from!
A street in Ahrweiler, Germany, after the terrible floods of July 2021. Rivers rose so fast that streets turned into raging rivers of mud and debris. See source ↓
A building swallowed by the muddy Mekong River in Laos. During monsoon season, rivers can grow many times bigger than normal and spill far over their banks. See source ↓
Houses in England surrounded by flood water. Even just 30 centimetres of fast-moving water can knock a person down, and 60 centimetres can float a car! See source ↓
📚 Picture Sources
- Photo 1 — Flood damage in Ahrweiler, Germany, 2021. From Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Consequences_of_the_floodings_in_Ahrweiler,_Germany.jpg
- Photo 2 — Flooded building on the Mekong River, Laos, 2019. From Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flooded_building_and_tree_trunk_in_the_muddy_water_of_the_Mekong_in_Si_Phan_Don,_Laos,_September_2019.jpg
- Photo 3 — Flood water around houses in England (Geograph project, CC BY-SA 2.0). From Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wharton_Court_surrounded_by_flood_water_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131264.jpg
