Uplift 4 : The hydrostatic pressure caused by water under a building. It can be strong enough to break through a concrete basement floor or float a frame house
New Hampshire Floodplain Management Handbook (Appendix B), Glossary, New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning, NH, USA 2006. http://www.nh.gov/oep/programs/floodplainmanagemen t/documents/NHFloodplainHandbook2006.pdf, (ND/ Flood - Amer) {169}