butbecausethestateissowaterloggednow, theadditionalprecipitationcouldfurtherswellrivers, set a newrecordforrainfall, andtriggeradditionalflashflooding.
Whenthegroundbecomessosaturatedthatwatercannolongerseepintothesoil, itbeginstorunoffquicklyintoriversandstreams, andthiscauses a riseinwaterin a flash.
In a mountainousterrain, thecombinationofgravityplustheeasyrunoffcanleadtocatastrophicfloodingwhenallofthatwaterisfunneledintorivers, creeks, andeventhevalleys.