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flash flood

rapid flooding of low-lying areas
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flash flood

Summary

flash flood ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,420 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • flash flood is a type of flood[2].
  • flash flood's Commons category is recorded as Flash floods[3].
  • flash flood's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Flash floods[4].
  • flash flood's different from is recorded as Cil[5].

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Definition and Type

flash flood is a type of flood[2].

Why It Matters

flash flood ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,420 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . diariodecadiz.es. diariodecadiz.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_flash-flood_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{flash flood}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/flash-flood}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-02}}
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  1. 5w ago · Lionel Cristiano · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → rapid flooding of low-lying areas
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tr, en */"
  2. 22w ago · Nat (WDU) · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → flood
    Topic's main category → Category:Flash floods
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Cil
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29431|batch #29431]]: UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profile ID for extreme weather events"
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