Flash flood

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Flash flood

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Flash flood - rapid flooding of low-lying areas, often caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or melt water from ice or snow. Article “Flash flood” in English Wikipedia has 34.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 21 references and 7 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.81 points.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2026 the article “Flash flood” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Flash flood”, its content was written by 382 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 756 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1836 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3957 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #6140 in June 2013
  • Global: #17889 in April 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #20602 in June 2013
  • Global: #29025 in August 2010

There are 25 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1German (de)
Sturzflut
53.5348
2Turkish (tr)
Seyelan
49.0689
3Hebrew (he)
שיטפון בזק
40.2977
4English (en)
Flash flood
34.4734
5Japanese (ja)
鉄砲水
29.1728
6Finnish (fi)
Äkkitulva
24.5326
7Arabic (ar)
سيل
22.6578
8Spanish (es)
Inundación relámpago
20.5552
9Italian (it)
Alluvione lampo
18.4193
10French (fr)
Crue soudaine
17.8345
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Flash flood" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Flash flood
3 099 436
2Indonesian (id)
Banjir bandang
506 326
3Japanese (ja)
鉄砲水
337 974
4Thai (th)
น้ำป่า
231 487
5German (de)
Sturzflut
142 759
6Vietnamese (vi)
Lũ quét
110 216
7Polish (pl)
Powódź błyskawiczna
84 541
8Arabic (ar)
سيل
75 237
9Hebrew (he)
שיטפון בזק
55 001
10Russian (ru)
Внезапный паводок
47 924
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Flash flood" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Flash flood
15 352
2Portuguese (pt)
Enchente relâmpago
2 080
3Japanese (ja)
鉄砲水
781
4German (de)
Sturzflut
527
5Polish (pl)
Powódź błyskawiczna
320
6French (fr)
Crue soudaine
263
7Spanish (es)
Inundación relámpago
198
8Indonesian (id)
Banjir bandang
181
9Russian (ru)
Внезапный паводок
160
10Chinese (zh)
暴洪
138
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Flash flood" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Flash flood
382
2German (de)
Sturzflut
71
3Hebrew (he)
שיטפון בזק
46
4Dutch (nl)
Stortvloed
44
5Indonesian (id)
Banjir bandang
24
6Japanese (ja)
鉄砲水
22
7French (fr)
Crue soudaine
18
8Polish (pl)
Powódź błyskawiczna
17
9Czech (cs)
Přívalová povodeň
15
10Russian (ru)
Внезапный паводок
15
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Flash flood" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Sturzflut
1
2English (en)
Flash flood
1
3Basque (eu)
Flash uholde
1
4Hebrew (he)
שיטפון בזק
1
5Indonesian (id)
Banjir bandang
1
6Arabic (ar)
سيل
0
7Czech (cs)
Přívalová povodeň
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Subita inundo
0
9Spanish (es)
Inundación relámpago
0
10Persian (fa)
سیل ناگهانی
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Flash flood" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Flash flood
1 836
2French (fr)
Crue soudaine
344
3Japanese (ja)
鉄砲水
261
4Arabic (ar)
سيل
218
5German (de)
Sturzflut
177
6Chinese (zh)
暴洪
164
7Indonesian (id)
Banjir bandang
148
8Persian (fa)
سیل ناگهانی
114
9Russian (ru)
Внезапный паводок
96
10Portuguese (pt)
Enchente relâmpago
87
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
سيل
csCzech
Přívalová povodeň
deGerman
Sturzflut
enEnglish
Flash flood
eoEsperanto
Subita inundo
esSpanish
Inundación relámpago
euBasque
Flash uholde
faPersian
سیل ناگهانی
fiFinnish
Äkkitulva
frFrench
Crue soudaine
heHebrew
שיטפון בזק
idIndonesian
Banjir bandang
itItalian
Alluvione lampo
jaJapanese
鉄砲水
koKorean
돌발홍수
nlDutch
Stortvloed
plPolish
Powódź błyskawiczna
ptPortuguese
Enchente relâmpago
roRomanian
Viitură
ruRussian
Внезапный паводок
simpleSimple English
Flash flood
thThai
น้ำป่า
trTurkish
Seyelan
viVietnamese
Lũ quét
zhChinese
暴洪

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#20602
06.2013
Global:
#29025
08.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#6140
06.2013
Global:
#17889
04.2018

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Flash flood from Wikipedia articles about Guadalupe River, July 2025 Central Texas floods, Flash Flood Alley, Cloud burst and Flood. Whereas reading the article about Flash flood people most often go to Wikipedia articles on List of flash floods, Johnstown Flood, Flood, Flash Flood Alley and 2021 European floods.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

ar: سيل
simple: Flash flood
zh: 暴洪

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