Floods are natural phenomena and constitute a natural component of the hydrological cycle of the earth. Floods, especially the largest floods, are one of the natural phenomena that have deeply marked and mark, in the present, the development of human society, in geographical terms being the most widespread disasters around the world and also the largest producer of damage and human casualties. At the same time, major floods represented the triggering and catalyst factor for big changes in the approach of this phenomenon, from accepting floods as a quirk of nature, to man's attempt to oppose nature through approaches such as fight against floods to the flood defence until not long ago to flood prevent.
The aim of this article is to present the catastrophic flood that took place in Novaci City, Gorj County on July 29th 2014 when the city was the scene of a tragedy after a heavy rain fallen on slopes over a few hours. The damage estimation was 35 million lei.
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To Cite this Article: Slave, C. (2017). Floods in the Last Decade: Management Flood Risk Strategy in Novaci City, Romania. International Journal of Academic Research in Enviornment & Geography, 4(1), 37–47.
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