extraordinary flood

extraordinary flood
ordinary and extraordinary floods
Extraordinary or unprecedented floods are floods which are of such unusual occurrence that they could not have been foreseen by men of ordinary experience and prudence. Ordinary floods are those, the occurrence of which may be reasonably anticipated from the general experience of men residing in the region where such floods happen
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A flood whose unexplained occurrences is not foreshadowed by the usual course of nature, and whose magnitude and destructiveness could not have been anticipated or provided against by the exercise of ordinary foresight. Jensen v. Buffalo Drainage Dist. of Cloud County, 148 Kan. 712, 84 P.2d 961, 965.
One of such unusual occurrence that it could not have been foreseen by men of ordinary experience and prudence

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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