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Detailed explanation-1: -Detrimental environmental effects of flooding can include soil and bank erosion, bed erosion, siltation or landslides. It can damage vegetation and pollutants carried by flood water can impact on water quality, habitats and flora and fauna. Flooding can however play a beneficial role in natural habitats.

Detailed explanation-2: -As most people are well aware, the immediate effects of flooding include loss of human life, property damage, crop destruction, livestock loss and deterioration of health conditions due to waterborne diseases.

Detailed explanation-3: -Climate change can increase disaster risk in a variety of ways-by altering the frequency and intensity of hazard events, affecting vulnerability to hazards, and changing exposure patterns.