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intense floods and increased flood risk. Natural types of floods include river flooding, groundwater flooding coastal flooding and urban flooding sometimes...

A flood myth or a deluge myth is a myth in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution...

land. Flood(s), The Flood, Flooded or Flooding may also refer to: Flood (mythology) Genesis flood narrative, a flood myth found in the Bible Flood, British...

Flood management or flood control are methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Flooding can be caused by a mix of both...

first appearance, Mrs Flood bi-generates into a new incarnation (portrayed by Archie Panjabi) and reveals that she – and Mrs Flood before her – are the...

(25 in) above sea level, and one of the most flood-prone parts of the city. In 1604, to defray the cost of flood relief, Venice introduced what could be considered...

A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of...

The flooding of the Nile (commonly referred to as the Inundation) and its silt deposition was a natural cycle first attested in Ancient Egypt. It was of...

wetlands act as a natural barrier from flooding. As they are destroyed and developed the chances of flooding increase. Climate change will affect Long...

Trent is a surname and a male given name, and means "the flooder". It is generally associated with the River Trent, a river in Britain. It may also be...

The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, was a disaster that occurred on Wednesday, January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood...

Flooding, sometimes referred to as in vivo exposure therapy, is a form of behavior therapy and desensitization – or exposure therapy – based on the principles...

The Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as the Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the...

connected to a network. Denial of service is typically accomplished by flooding the targeted machine or resource with superfluous requests in an attempt...

The Missoula floods (also known as the Spokane floods, the Bretz floods, or Bretz's floods) were cataclysmic glacial lake outburst floods that swept periodically...

A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe...

rain god Deng in Dinka mythology Mangwe, a water spirit known as "the flooder" in the beliefs of the Ila people of Zambia Oya, goddess of violent rainstorms...

Floodability may refer to one of the following. Floodability (ship), a characteristic of the construction of a ship to resist flooding. The risk of flooding...

The Genesis flood narrative (chapters 6–9 of the Book of Genesis) is a Hebrew flood myth. It tells of God's decision to return the universe to its pre-creation...

Queensland floods or Brisbane floods may refer to: March 2010 Queensland floods 2010–2011 Queensland floods January 2012 floods January 2013 eastern Australia...