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Rize Governor’s Office of Provincial Disaster Emergency Management prepared a Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Plan (IRAP). In the report regarding the plan, the following determinations were made regarding the causes of the floods in the province: “THE FLOOD INCREASES THE EFFECT FURTHER” “Due to the landslide-sensitive structures of the basins through which the streams pass, the slopes that occur during heavy rainfall descend to the stream beds, and the rubble tree roots and branches in it. […]