Floods and the Forest 



FLOODS, in their way, are equally as destructive 

 as forest fires. Fields and crops may be flooded, 

 buildings and homes broken up and carried away, 

 and even lives lost as the result of a flood. Though 

 forests may not seem to prevent floods, nor lack 

 of woodland to cause them, it is often here that 

 the real reason lies. 



Have you ever been in the woods when it was 

 raining? At first you do not feel the rain, for the 



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