Which mechanism exacerbates flood risk when levees fail?

💡 Explanation

Hydraulic head pressure concentrates force along the breach because the higher water level behind the levee creates a pressure differential attempting to equalize; therefore floodwaters rapidly accelerate through the failure, rather than a gradual dispersion, which would occur without such pressure.

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