compound flooding
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
33 U.S.C. § 2282h — in this section
The term "compound flooding" means a flooding event in which two or more flood drivers, such as coastal storm surge-driven flooding and inland rainfall-driven flooding, occur simultaneously or in close succession and the potential adverse effects of the combined flood drivers may be greater than that of the individual flood driver components.