List of floods
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A flood is an overflow of water that covers land which is normally dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the term can also refer to the incoming flow of tides. Floods are studied within the field of hydrology and are a major concern in areas such as agriculture, civil engineering, and public health.
List of floods
20th century BCE
Jishi Gorge outburst flood about 1920 BCE
14th century
Saint Marcellus' flood a storm tide is also called the "Second St. Marcellus flood".
St. Mary Magdalene's flood occurred on and around the feast day of St. Mary Magdalene, 25 July; the passage of a Genoa low the rivers Rhine, Moselle, Main, Danube, Weser, Werra, Unstrut, Elbe, Vltava and their tributaries inundated large areas. Even the river Eider north of Hamburg flooded the surrounding land. Many towns such as Cologne, Mainz, Frankfurt am Main, Würzburg, Regensburg, Passau and Vienna were seriously damaged.
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