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But other factors play a role too - particularly when it comes to flash-floods and landslides.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

Mr Briottet said the causes of the flash-floods of July 2021 were still under investigation - local water management issues have been raised as a possible factor.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2022

It will do well to match the drama of the film’s disastrous production – flash-floods, incapacitated leading men, legal wrangles, the works.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2017