A standard 8-inch by 2 1/4-inch by 4-inch red clay brick weighs about 5 pounds. Bricks are used for a variety of building projects, such as walls, patio floors and pathways.
Flooding affects people in a multitude of ways. People suffer stress on multiple fronts, not just as flooding occurs, but also in the anticipatory period preceding a flood and during the cleanup and recovery phase. Flooding can damage properties, destroy homes, create financial burden and cause emotional hardship.
Most floods in some parts of the world are caused by rapid spring snow melt or storms that bring heavy rains over a large region. More precipitation (rain, snow) than runoff results in local flooding. Agricultural and forestry practices can greatly affect the capacity of land to hold water.