There is a very strong evidence to prove that trees evade torrential flood or shall we say slower the flooding of water caused by strong rain due to storm or even natural rain if continuous, flood follows to rampage your properties. Just recently in our city, flood causes suspension of classes and forced evacuation. The flood reaches even to second floor in schools and those flat schools are washed out by flood. There are so many homeowners feeling desperate about the devastation caused by non-stop rain. The rain was so sudden, lasted only in few hours, but so hard that the height of flood water stranded almost 4,000 plus students in one of the prestigious universities in Mindanao, and in malls those who shopped in the afternoon were not able to go out due to flash flood. That was a very worst scenario of storm in the city where I live and how much more to other cities and countries anywhere in the world.
You might have heard your community leaders to plant trees. Your school during your elementary might also have taught you how to plant trees. Trees save lives. Their roots serve as protection to the people living in the main land or flat land. Who are usually flooded? Those whose locations are flat are usually flooded. Many, many years ago, there was no problem living in the flat land, simply because your environment was so green, less population, less occupants in an area, and there were no big factories and plantations erected near cities and towns. The problem this time is, big malls, mega malls, super stores are built along the road of the national highway, so people are the direct victims of flooding.
Whenever there is rain, people start to worry as to where to stay. You cannot hide; only leave the place where you live to be safe. There is no second chance for a flood accident. A tree can save your life and even the life of others. It is never late. If you are a teacher, do urge your students to tell their parents to plant at least one tree everyday, and even once in a week, by end of every month, you can have a very feeling. If you are an official in your city or locality, do encourage your community people to plant trees so they can save lives. Make your community clean and green.
When I toured in New Zealand, 6 times already, I noticed that they do not have flash floods and torrential rains. The reason is, there are so many trees surrounding the area. There are also many flowers planted along the road. There are so many fruits and vegetables, so people will never worry there.
Plant trees, save lives.
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If there is extra space at the back of your home, try to plant small trees. There are small trees but roots so numerous. You may goggle search those kind of trees so that you can utilize that space by planting few trees to escape from torrential flood. Flood water absorbs, and stocks in the roots delaying its flow to the flat or main land.Do not plant mango tree for it makes your home darker. There are trees that do not reach to a tallest height. You may go to your plant garden and inquire about the tree sapling that does not grow at a higher height.It could also be disgusting to keep sweeping the leaves, but leaves can serve as fertilizer to other plants that bear fruits.
If you sense the place where you live has no trees, you may suggest to your local official to have tree planting so that your place will not experience flash flood.It is a deadly flood. No one will be saved in carried away by torrential flood.There should be trees planted along the road and in any street in your locality, there should be trees. There is a place here far from the city, never had experienced flood because that locality is surround with vast forest, You cannot avoid to say wow.It is simply because trees give us oxygen; they provide clean and green ambiance, so nice, so cool and we cannot feel a hot day if live in forested place. How I like too to have our place full of trees.Thanks for reading.
That is why for those places with hills that are denuded because of illegal logging also have landslides when it rains non-stop.
Trees prevent landslides and floods.
@dina I totally agree but i see that you forgot to mention something about air quality. After all not only do trees stop floodings and lanslides but they also improve our air quality. By improving our air quality people are able to live longer and healthier. So yes SAVE LIVES by PLANTING TREES.
@Dina, Hi freind? How have you been? Don't you have flood there in Legaspi city? Our skies here are getting darker and harder and soon rain surely falls again, so horrible feeling. I always look up the skies. About your comment in my blog, yes, true that trees prevent flash flood for the roots absorb water coming towards the sea passing the flat land or surface.There are forested areas that suffered landslide because of mining abuses. The soils are eroded thus making a way for a flash flood to get into and make a show down in the nearby flat p;laces, so horror!
@Itre , Hi? Thanks for your wonderful and truthful addendum to the post. Yes, trees are like blockbusters for they save lives. The process in itself called photosynthesis help people breath well, but despite this grace if people abuse through polluting, the air the deadly air could make us inhalers of bad air sick, different sickness may affect humans.Human beings must respect the laws of nature for everything humans do to nature go back to them.Thanks for sharing your precious thoughts.
Flood is the main topic anywhere in the world and it is a proof of man's abuses to have what we have now the Climate change. To plant at least one tree a day saves lives.