causing
v.v. making something happen, especially something bad or unexpected. You use it when one thing leads directly to another.
v. producing an effect, result, or consequence. The present participle form of 'cause', it is transitive and requires a direct object.
The heavy rain is causing many problems on the roads.
The construction work next door is causing a lot of noise for the office workers.
While the initial error was small, it ended up causing a chain reaction that brought down the entire computer network for several hours.
Transitive — always takes a direct object. Often used in the continuous form to describe ongoing issues.
The rain is causing to floods.The rain is causing floods.The verb 'cause' is followed directly by a noun phrase; it does not take the preposition 'to' before the object.