Eli5 – Drowning in floods but less than a foot of rain?

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Whenever I read stories of people drowning in floods, it seems there was only a foot of rain or less. I can see how this would be extremely destructive but how does water up to your neck and higher occur?

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Usually it’s the sweeping motion of the water knocks you down, and then slams you into other things, and that knocks you out and leads to drowning; you’re not standing, you are horizontal.

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