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Flood water can mix with sewage and waste. This increases the risk of diarrhoeal disease, leptospirosis, vector-borne disease and contamination of drinking-water networks.
Long periods of waterlogging may also damage electrical infrastructure and interrupt emergency healthcare. Thus urban-flood preparedness should include public-health surveillance.
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Paper: GS-2
Theme: Social Issues
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