ENGLISH ESSAY THE FLOOD
Introduction:-
Flood is
a great natural calamity. It causes divastation. Flood, drought and cylcone are
the best friends of Orissa. Floods usually take place in the rainy season.
Cause:-Heavy
rainful causes floods. Due to excess water rivers overflow ti,eir banks. Vast
tracts of land lie under water. The flood ooks awful. The current of the flood
water is very strong. The river roars dangerously. It threatens the people
living near by. The torrents are furious. Stroke after stroke they dash at the
embankment. Big trees on the either edge of the river get uprooted. Flood looks
terrible and grey. The flood water is dirty, extremely muddy. It carries with
in all dirts, broken thatched roofs, bamboo and wood log, dead animals, sticks
and straw. It washes away the crops, houses, animals, human beings. Corn fields
are covered with sands. Roads and railways are submerged. Communication is held
up for days together. Many people become homeless. They live without food and
shelter.
Description:-
The flood
drowns ferry boats. It brings famine and epidemics in its train and many people
die of them when the flood subsides. People can not go from one place to
another at the time of flood as their villages are surrounded by flood water.
They undergo a lot of trouble to buy their needs. Oldman, women and children
lose their lives lying under the collapsed houses.
Disadvantages :-
Flood is
not a new thing for the people of Orissa. In every alternative years flood
occurs in Orissa. Flood also does some good to us. It puts alluvium on our
lands during its inundations. Our lands get fertile. Flood washes away all the
dirt and filth.
Conclusion:-
Now in
the age of science flood control has become easier. Big dams are consturcted in
the rivers. Government helps the flood effected people in time. In due course
of time people will be able to control floods permanently.
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