Water supplies – Contamination of water. Clean drinking water becomes scarce.
Diseases – Unhygienic conditions. Spread of water-borne diseases.
Crops and food supplies – Shortage of food crops can be caused due to loss of entire harvest.[4] However, lowlands near rivers depend upon river silt deposited by floods in order to add nutrients to the local soil.
Trees – Non-tolerant species can die from suffocation.[5]
Transport - Transport links destroyed, so hard to get emergency aid to those who need it