The Basics of Flood Risk

What is Flood Risk?

Flood Risk comes from a community-specific combination of HAZARD (rainfall, storm surges), EXPOSURE (people, structures and natural systems in the hazard area), and VULNERABILITY (characteristics of the community that increase sensitivity to damage).

• To learn more about Flood Hazards, visit the What is Flooding section of the website.
• To see where the floodplains are in Durham region to understand your potential exposure, visit the Where are the floodplains section of the website.
• To learn more about how some are more vulnerable to the impacts of flooding, visit Flood Vulnerability.

This infographic by Partners for Action is a great resource to understand flood risk and vulnerability.