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    "purpose": "Let an agent handle floods by type, warnings, safety actions, recovery and risk, routing people in danger to emergency services and official warnings first.",
    "definition": "The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land, including river, coastal, surface water and flash floods, caused by heavy rain, storm surges, snowmelt or dam failure.",
    "what_it_is_for": "A natural hazard with major effects on people, property and ecosystems.",
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      "find official flood warnings",
      "follow safety advice during floods",
      "check flood risk for a property",
      "find recovery and insurance information"
    ],
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      "Water on normally dry land",
      "Several causes and types",
      "Forecast and warned by agencies",
      "Deadly when water is fast or deep"
    ],
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      "Water beyond normal channels",
      "Warning levels from authorities",
      "Flood in the sense of a large amount is figurative"
    ],
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        "quantity": "Water depth",
        "unit": "m",
        "typical_range": "",
        "note": "Water depth is measured as the vertical distance between the local ground surface and the floodwater surface."
      },
      {
        "quantity": "Flow velocity",
        "unit": "m/s",
        "typical_range": "",
        "note": "Flow velocity is measured using current meters or remote sensing with the location and averaging method recorded."
      },
      {
        "quantity": "Inundated area",
        "unit": "km2",
        "typical_range": "",
        "note": "Inundated area is measured by mapping floodwater boundaries at a stated time using surveys or remote sensing."
      },
      {
        "quantity": "Inundation duration",
        "unit": "h",
        "typical_range": "",
        "note": "Inundation duration is measured as the elapsed time that a specified location remains covered by floodwater."
      }
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      "river (fluvial) floods",
      "coastal floods and storm surges",
      "surface water (pluvial) floods",
      "flash floods",
      "groundwater floods"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "natural hazard",
        "why": "category"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is caused by",
        "target": "heavy rain and storm surge",
        "why": "causes"
      },
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      {
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      "National flood warning systems",
      "Planning rules for flood zones"
    ],
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      "Driving or walking through floodwater",
      "Contaminated water",
      "Electrical hazards in flooded buildings"
    ],
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Report river levels, warnings and flood extent from official sources.",
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        "Issue or spread flood warnings or all-clears that the competent authority has not given.",
        "Direct people or vehicles through flood water.",
        "Operate sluices, pumps or barriers without the authority of their operator.",
        "Publish addresses of evacuated homes in a way that invites looting."
      ],
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        "Ordering or advising evacuation of an area.",
        "Opening or closing flood defences."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Floods kill people, often those who try to cross moving water or are poorly warned.",
        "Flood risk falls unequally, often on poorer communities with less insurance."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "People in flood-prone areas",
        "Emergency responders",
        "Farmers and businesses"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The public: civil protection and environmental agencies issue warnings; defences have their own operators.",
      "master_systems": [
        "Flood risk maps and warning systems of the national environment agency"
      ]
    }
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    },
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      "id": "wiktionary-en",
      "title": "Wiktionary: flood",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flood",
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    }
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  "structure": {
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      {
        "id": "emergency",
        "name": "Emergency",
        "description": "Danger now.",
        "rationale": "Emergencies come first.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "danger",
            "name": "Danger",
            "description": "Immediate risk.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "danger-finding",
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                "description": "Immediate danger.",
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                  {
                    "text": "Is anyone trapped or in immediate danger from water?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which emergency number should be called now?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "actions",
            "name": "Actions",
            "description": "Staying safe.",
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              {
                "id": "actions-finding",
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                "description": "Safety actions.",
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                    "text": "What do official sources advise, such as never driving or walking through floodwater?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Where are evacuation centres?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "warnings",
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        "description": "Official information.",
        "rationale": "Official warnings guide action.",
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          {
            "id": "current",
            "name": "Current",
            "description": "Warnings in force.",
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              {
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                    "text": "Which flood warnings are in force here, from the official service?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What does each warning level mean?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "alerts",
            "name": "Alerts",
            "description": "Sign-up.",
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              {
                "id": "alerts-finding",
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                "description": "Alert services.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How can people sign up for flood alerts?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which channels are used?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "risk",
        "name": "Risk",
        "description": "Property and planning.",
        "rationale": "Risk can be checked.",
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            "name": "Property",
            "description": "Risk maps.",
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              {
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                "description": "Property flood risk.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is the flood risk for this location, according to official maps?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What resilience measures are possible?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "planning",
            "name": "Planning",
            "description": "Development.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "planning-finding",
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                "description": "Planning rules.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the site in a designated flood zone?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What planning rules apply?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "recovery",
        "name": "Recovery",
        "description": "After the flood.",
        "rationale": "Recovery needs care.",
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          {
            "id": "cleanup",
            "name": "Clean-up",
            "description": "Safe return.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "cleanup-finding",
                "name": "Clean-up",
                "description": "Safe clean-up.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "When is it safe to return, and how should electrics and contamination be handled?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who can inspect the property?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "support",
            "name": "Support",
            "description": "Insurance and aid.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "support-finding",
                "name": "Support",
                "description": "Recovery support.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which insurance or government support schemes exist?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How can claims be made?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should flood types be separate entries?",
    "How should warning services be localised?",
    "How should historical floods be linked?"
  ],
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    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}