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4221256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eakin%20Creek%20Floodplain%20Provincial%20Park | Eakin Creek Floodplain Provincial Park | Eakin Creek Floodplain Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada located on the North Thompson River near the community of Little Fort.
See also
Eakin Creek Canyon Provincial Park
References
Eakin Creek Floodplain Park
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Thompson Country
Year of establishment... |
4285637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Flood | Michael Flood | Michael G. Flood is an Australian sociologist and a professor at the Queensland University of Technology School of Justice. Flood gained his doctorate in gender and sexuality studies from the Australian National University. His areas of research are on violence against women, fathering, pro-feminism, domestic violence,... |
4311910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial%20lake%20outburst%20flood | Glacial lake outburst flood | A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a type of outburst flood caused by the failure of a dam containing a glacial lake. An event similar to a GLOF, where a body of water contained by a glacier melts or overflows the glacier, is called a jökulhlaup. The dam can consist of glacier ice or a terminal moraine. Failure ca... |
4331439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20Confessor%20Brings%20the%20Flood | Fox Confessor Brings the Flood | Fox Confessor Brings the Flood is the fourth solo album by American alt-country musician Neko Case, released March 7, 2006 by ANTI- Records. The album was found on many “Best of” lists that year and had a bonus disc released by ANTI- in November of the following year.
Recording and production
The album was recorded at... |
4472435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Flood%20%28politician%29 | Mike Flood (politician) | Michael John Flood (born February 23, 1975) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Nebraska's 1st congressional district since July 2022. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served two stints as a member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 19th district,... |
4513800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods%20in%20Bangladesh | Floods in Bangladesh | Bangladesh, being situated on the Brahmaputra River Delta (also known as the Ganges Delta) is a land of many rivers, and as a result is very prone to flooding. Due to being part of such a basin and being less than 5 meters above mean sea level, Bangladesh faces the cumulative effects of floods due to water flashing fro... |
4593006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Flood%20%28band%29 | The Flood (band) | The Flood are an Australian roots music band formed by Kevin Bennett and James Gillard, with Mark Collins and Doug Bligh. The group won the Tamworth 2006 Golden Guitar Award for Vocal Group or Duo of the Year with their track, "Hello Blue Sky". In 2008 the line-up was Bennett and Gillard with Tim Wedde on keyboards, ac... |
4617458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette%20Valley%20flood%20of%201996 | Willamette Valley flood of 1996 | The Willamette Valley flood of 1996 was part of a larger series of floods in the Pacific Northwest of the United States which took place between late January and mid-February 1996. It was Oregon's largest flood event in terms of fatalities and monetary damage during the 1990s. The floods spread beyond Oregon's Willamet... |
4757128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20European%20floods | 2006 European floods | From February to April 2006 many rivers across Europe, especially the Elbe and Danube, swelled due to heavy rain and melting snow and rose to record levels. These are the longest rivers in Central Europe.
Southeastern Europe
High Danube levels caused significant flooding in parts of Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania, with... |
4830857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950%20Red%20River%20flood | 1950 Red River flood | The 1950 Red River flood was a devastating flood that took place along the Red River in The Dakotas and Manitoba from April 15 to June 12, 1950. Damage was particularly severe in the city of Winnipeg and its environs, which were inundated on May 5, also known as Black Friday to some residents.
An estimated 70,000–100,... |
4865141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20control%20in%20the%20Netherlands | Flood control in the Netherlands | Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as due to its low elevation, approximately two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding, while the country is densely populated. Natural sand dunes and constructed dikes, dams, and floodgates provide defense against storm surges from the sea. River dikes prev... |
5025588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast%20Louisiana%20Flood%20Protection%20Authority | Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority | The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority (SLFPA) was established by Louisiana state law Revised Statute §38:330.1 in September 2006. Its operation began in January 2007. The Authority consists of two regional levee boards which oversee flood protection in the Greater New Orleans area on the east and west bank... |
5046779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watershed%20Protection%20and%20Flood%20Prevention%20Act%20of%201954 | Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954 | The United States Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954 () is a United States statute. It has been amended several times.
Under this Act, the Soil Conservation Service at the Department of Agriculture provides planning assistance and construction funding for projects constructed by local sponsors, ofte... |
5052140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Flood%20Insurance%20Act%20of%201968 | National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 | The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 is a federal law in the United States that was enacted as Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson that led to the creation of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Origin of the act
The act was motiva... |
5155235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20New%20England%20flood | 2006 New England flood | The New England Flood of May 2006, often locally referred to as the Mother's Day Flood, was a flood event that occurred in New England, especially in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, during the month of May, 2006. It started on May 11, 2006 as a result of an unusually strong low pressure system that stalled over the ce... |
5228816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20tide%20%28disambiguation%29 | Flood tide (disambiguation) | Flood tide is the rising tide of an ocean, the opposite of ebb tide
It may also refer to:
Flood Tide (novel), a novel by Clive Cussler
Flood Tide (1934 film), a British drama film
Flood Tide (1958 film), an American drama romance film
Flood Tide, an anthology of short fiction in the Merovingen Nights science ficti... |
5260354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Flood | Daniel Flood | Daniel John Flood (November 26, 1903 – May 28, 1994) was an American attorney and politician, a flamboyant and long-serving Democratic United States Representative from Pennsylvania. First elected to the US House in 1944, he served continuously from 1955 to 1980. Flood was credited with leading the effort to help the W... |
5322090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20Flood%20Davin | Nicholas Flood Davin | Nicholas Flood Davin, KC (January 13, 1840 – October 18, 1901) was a lawyer, journalist and politician, born at Kilfinane, Ireland (then part of the United Kingdom). The first MP for Assiniboia West (1887–1900), Davin was known as the voice of the North-West.
Davin founded and edited the Regina Leader, the first newsp... |
5526821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodwood | Floodwood | Floodwood may refer to a location in the United States:
Floodwood, Michigan, a community in Sagola Townsnship, Dickinson County
Floodwood, Minnesota, a city in St. Louis County
Floodwood Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Floodwood Mountain Reservation, a Boy Scouts of America site in Saranac Lake, New York
Fl... |
5528133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971%20Canberra%20flood | 1971 Canberra flood | The 1971 Canberra flood was a flash flood that occurred on 26 January 1971, in the Woden Valley district of Canberra, Australia.
Canberra flood
The flood killed seven people including four children, injured 15 and affected 500 people. The insurance damage was estimated at A$ 9 million. It was estimated that around 95... |
5533503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20H.%20Grattan%20Flood | W. H. Grattan Flood | Chevalier William Henry Grattan Flood (baptised 1 November 1857 – 6 August 1928) was a noted Irish author, composer, musicologist and historian. As a writer and ecclesiastical composer, his personal contributions to Irish music produced enduring works, although he is regarded today as controversial due to the inaccurac... |
5543601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20the%20Tanks | Flood the Tanks | Flood the Tanks is an album by the Northern Irish singer songwriter, Iain Archer. The album was originally released in 2004, but was later re-packaged and re-released on a different label in 2005. The songs "Running in Dreams " and "Boy Boy Boy" were released as singles.
Track listing
In the 2005 version of the albu... |
5561097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20bypass | Flood bypass | A flood bypass is a region of land or a large man-made structure that is designed to convey excess flood waters from a river or stream in order to reduce the risk of flooding on the natural river or stream near a key point of interest, such as a city. Flood bypasses, sometimes called floodways, often have man-made div... |
5652979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash%20flood%20warning | Flash flood warning | A flash flood warning (SAME code: FFW) is a severe weather warning product of the National Weather Service that is issued by national weather forecasting agencies throughout the world to alert the public that a flash flood is imminent or occurring in the warned area. A flash flood is a sudden, violent flood after a hea... |
5748996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Mid-Atlantic%20United%20States%20flood | 2006 Mid-Atlantic United States flood | The Mid-Atlantic United States flood of 2006 was a significant flood that affected much of the Mid-Atlantic region of the eastern United States. The flooding was very widespread, affecting numerous rivers, lakes and communities from Upstate New York to North Carolina. It was widely considered to be the worst flooding i... |
5752955 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20floods | 2006 floods | 2006 floods could refer to a number of flooding incidents in 2006:
Mid-Atlantic United States flood of 2006
2006 European floods
2006-07 Southeast Asian floods
2006-2007 Malaysian floods
2006 North Korea flooding
Southwest floods of 2006
See also
Weather in 2006 for an overview
List of notable floods
Floods in the U... |
5802126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods%20%28Pantera%20song%29 | Floods (Pantera song) | "Floods" is a song by American heavy metal band Pantera from their 1996 album The Great Southern Trendkill. A ballad, it is the longest song on the album and the third-longest song the band has recorded, after "Cemetery Gates" (7:03) and "Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks" (7:01). An early mix of the song was released on the 2... |
5828552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodlight | Floodlight | A floodlight is a broad-beamed, high-intensity artificial light. They are often used to illuminate outdoor playing fields while an outdoor sports event is being held during low-light conditions. More focused kinds are often used as a stage lighting instrument in live performances such as concerts and plays.
In the top... |
5839243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooding%20of%20the%20Nile | Flooding of the Nile | The flooding of the Nile has been an important natural cycle in Nubia and Egypt since ancient times. It is celebrated by Egyptians as an annual holiday for two weeks starting August 15, known as Wafaa El-Nil. It is also celebrated in the Coptic Church by ceremonially throwing a martyr's relic into the river, hence the ... |
5902361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Angeles%20flood%20of%201938 | Los Angeles flood of 1938 | The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was one of the largest floods in the history of Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside Counties in southern California. The flood was caused by two Pacific storms that swept across the Los Angeles Basin in February-March 1938 and generated almost one year's worth of precipitation in just a few... |
5932180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20Flood | Lisa Flood | Lisa Anne Flood (born August 1, 1971) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer and breaststroke specialist. Flood competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in fourteenth position in the women's 200-metre breaststroke. Four years later at... |
5979159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods%20in%20the%20United%20States%20%281900%E2%80%931999%29 | Floods in the United States (1900–1999) | Floods in the United States are generally caused by excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, and dam failure. Below is a list of flood events that were of significant impact to the country during the 20th century, from 1900 through 1999, inclusive.
Decade of the 1900s
Kansas River – May 1903
The greatest flood of the ... |
6095325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh%20flood%20myth | Gilgamesh flood myth | The Gilgamesh flood myth is a flood myth in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Many scholars believe that the flood myth was added to Tablet XI in the "standard version" of the Gilgamesh Epic by an editor who used the flood story from the Epic of Atrahasis. A short reference to the flood myth is also present in the much older Sume... |
6115523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonicflood%20%28album%29 | Sonicflood (album) | Sonicflood is the debut album by the Christian rock band Sonicflood, released in 1999. The album features modern pop and rock renditions of praise and worship songs. Musically, the release was likened to a combination of Third Eye Blind and Radiohead, or PFR.
Track listing
Personnel
Sonicflood
Jeff Deyo – lead voca... |
6133165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six%20Days%20Before%20the%20Flood | Six Days Before the Flood | Six Days Before the Flood is the title of the third live album by singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke, released in 2000.
Track listing
"Welcome to the Cruise" (Tzuke, Mike Paxman) (from Welcome to the Cruise)
"Living on the Coast" (Tzuke, Paxman) (from Sports Car)
"On Days Like These" (Tzuke, David P. Goodes) (later rele... |
6148328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Flood | Anthony Flood | Anthony "Bisto" Flood (born 31 December 1984) is a retired Irish footballer who played as a striker.
Career
St. Patrick's Athletic
After raising eyebrows at youth level, Anto began his top-flight career by signing for St. Patrick's Athletic in 2005. With regular first team opportunities limited at the Inchicore side,... |
6166155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe%20Flood%20Network | Tribe Flood Network | The Tribe Flood Network or TFN is a set of computer programs to conduct various DDoS attacks such as ICMP flood, SYN flood, UDP flood and Smurf attack.
First TFN initiated attacks are described in CERT Incident Note 99-04.
TFN2K was written by Mixter, a security professional and hacker based in Germany.
See also
... |
6408613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie%20Flood | Debbie Flood | Deborah Kirsty Bruwer (née Flood; born 27 February 1980) is an English rower, noteworthy for winning silver medals in the quadruple sculls at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games.
Biography
Flood was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, and was a Great Britain junior judo international and a county level 1500m and cross–coun... |
6501103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20North%20Korean%20floods | 2006 North Korean floods | Flooding in North Korea in July 2006 caused extensive damage and loss of life, although reports differ about its extent.
Death toll estimates
Hundreds killed and missing (government figures)
151 killed, 29 missing (International Federation of Red Cross)
154 killed, 127 missing (United Nations)
549 people killed, 2... |
6505966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennet%20and%20Lambourn%20Floodplain | Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain | Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in six widely separated areas in the floodplains of the River Lambourn in Berkshire and the River Kennet in Wiltshire, England. It is a Nature Conservation Review site and part of the Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain Special Area of Conse... |
6638510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill%20M.%20Flood | Merrill M. Flood | Merrill Meeks Flood (1908 – 1991) was an American mathematician, notable for developing, with Melvin Dresher, the basis of the game theoretical Prisoner's dilemma model of cooperation and conflict while being at RAND in 1950 (Albert W. Tucker gave the game its prison-sentence interpretation, and thus the name by which ... |
6682597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods%20in%20Malaysia | Floods in Malaysia | Floods in Malaysia are one of the most regular natural disasters affecting the country, which occurs nearly every year especially during the monsoon season. The coasts of peninsular Malaysia are the most prone to flooding especially during the northeast monsoon season from October to March.
Notable floods
10 December... |
6742648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Flood%20of%201844 | Great Flood of 1844 | The Great Flood of 1844 is the biggest flood ever recorded on the Missouri River and Upper Mississippi River, in North America, in terms of discharge. The adjusted economic impact was not as great as subsequent floods because of the small population in the region at the time. The flood devastation was particularly wid... |
6800128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978%20Singapore%20flood | 1978 Singapore flood | The 1978 Singapore flood was one of the worst floods in Singapore's history. As much as of rain fell in just 24 hours from 2 to 3 December 1978.
Incidents
Casualties
Seven people were killed and more than a thousand residents were evacuated from their homes by the army and police boats from five affected areas. The... |
6858515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Elizabeth%27s%20flood | St. Elizabeth's flood | St. Elizabeth's flood (Sint Elisabethsvloed) may refer to floods that struck Europe's Low Countries
on or around November 19, the name day of St. Elizabeth:
St. Elizabeth's flood (1404)
St. Elizabeth's flood (1421) |
6876377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%20River%20flood%20of%201937 | Ohio River flood of 1937 | The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois, 385 people died, one million people were left homeless and property losses reached $500 million ($10.2 billion when adjusted for inflation as of September 2022). Federal and state resour... |
6921667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napa%20River%20flood%20of%201986 | Napa River flood of 1986 | The Napa River flood of 1986 is considered by many to be the worst flood experienced by Napa, California, during the 20th century. Twenty inches of rain fell in a 48-hour period; 7,000 people were evacuated, 250 homes were destroyed and another 2,500 damaged. Three people died, and estimated damages reached $100 millio... |
6934153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20Tide%20%28novel%29 | Flood Tide (novel) | Flood Tide is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler. This is the 14th book featuring the author's primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt.
Plot Summary
While recovering from his injuries suffered a month earlier as told in Shock Wave, Dirk stumbles upon mysterious activities around a peaceful lake in Washington state. The coi... |
6982394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After%20the%20Flood%3A%20Live%20from%20the%20Grand%20Forks%20Prom%2C%20June%2028%2C%201997 | After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997 | After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997 is the second live album released by Soul Asylum. It was recorded on June 28, 1997, about two months after the Red River Flood of 1997 hit the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Soul Asylum played the concert for the joint prom of the local high schools. Th... |
7069893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napa%20River%20Flood%20Project | Napa River Flood Project | The Napa River-Napa Creek Flood Protection Project is a Civil Works project of the US Army Corps of Engineers in the city of Napa, California. The Project area includes some 6 miles (10 km) of the Napa River from the Butler Bridge on State Route 29 on the south to Trancas Street on the north. This section is the upper ... |
7242143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20Boscastle%20flood | 2004 Boscastle flood | The 2004 Boscastle flood () occurred on Monday, 16 August 2004 in the two villages of Boscastle and Crackington Haven in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The villages suffered extensive damage after flash floods caused by an exceptional amount of rain that fell over eight hours that afternoon. The flood in Boscastle ... |
7397481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%20dioxide%20flooding | Carbon dioxide flooding | Carbon dioxide (CO2) flooding is a process in which carbon dioxide is injected into an oil reservoir to increase the output when extracting oil. This is most often used in reservoirs where production rates have declined due to depletion.
Overview
When the amount of recoverable oil in an oil reservoir is depleted thr... |
7675001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods%20in%20Saint%20Petersburg | Floods in Saint Petersburg | Floods in Saint Petersburg refer to a rise of water on the territory of St. Petersburg, a major city in Russia and its former capital. They are usually caused by the overflow of the delta of Neva River and surging water in the eastern part of Neva Bay but sometimes caused by melting snow. Floods are registered when the... |
7806078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928%20Thames%20flood | 1928 Thames flood | The 1928 Thames flood was a disastrous flood of the River Thames that affected much of riverside London on 7 January 1928, as well as places further downriver. Fourteen people died and thousands were made homeless when floodwaters poured over the top of the Thames Embankment and part of the Chelsea Embankment collapsed... |
8013413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby%20Flood | Toby Flood | Tobias Gerald Albert Cecil Lieven Flood (born 8 August 1985) is an English rugby union coach and former player. He is currently kicking and skills coach at Newcastle Falcons in Premiership Rugby. During his playing career his position was fly half or inside centre. He played over 300 games in his club career across h... |
8039625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Flood | Tom Flood | Tom Flood is an Australian novelist, editor, manuscript assessor, songwriter and musician.
Early life
Tom Flood was born in Sydney in New South Wales, and grew up in Western Australia. He is the son of Dorothy Hewett and Les Flood. He is the brother of Joe Flood, Michael Flood, Kate Lilley and Rozanna Lilley.
Litera... |
8052244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passaic%20River%20Flood%20Tunnel | Passaic River Flood Tunnel | The Passaic River Flood Tunnel is a proposal for a flood relief tunnel from the central portion of the Passaic River basin in Passaic County, New Jersey in an area where a number of large tributary rivers join the Passaic River and severe flooding occasionally occurs. The tunnel would provide relief to an area that exp... |
8414323 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20stage | Flood stage | Flood stage is the water level or stage at which the surface of a body of water has risen to a sufficient level to cause sufficient inundation of areas that are not normally covered by water, causing an inconvenience or a threat to life and property. When a body of water rises to this level, it is considered a flood ev... |
8461991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg%20Flood | Winnipeg Flood | Winnipeg Flood may refer to:
1950 Red River flood
1997 Red River flood |
8499860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Moomins%20and%20the%20Great%20Flood | The Moomins and the Great Flood | The Moomins and the Great Flood (Swedish: , literally The Little Trolls and the Great Flood) is a book written by Finnish author Tove Jansson in 1945, during the last months of World War II. It was the first book to star the Moomins, but is often seen as a prelude to the main Moomin books, as most of the main character... |
8585407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood-meadow | Flood-meadow | A flood-meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding. Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled on a seasonal and even daily basis.
Examples
Austria:
Hohenau an der Mar... |
8645441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%3A%20Implication%20Flooding | Black: Implication Flooding | Black: Implication Flooding is a collaborative album between Japanese experimental artist Keiji Haino and Japanese experimental band Boris, released on Inoxia Records in 1998. The album was recorded live at Koenji 20000V on August 31, 1997, and features edited cuts from that concert.
Track listing
Personnel
Takeshi ... |
8705186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20%28Boris%20album%29 | Flood (Boris album) | Flood is the third album by Japanese experimental band Boris, released on December 15, 2000. It consists of a single 70-minute title-track that is broken into four movements.
While Flood did not receive many reviews upon release, it has become a cult classic among fans, prompting the band to play it in its entirety ev... |
8801665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Enchaf%C3%A8d%20Flood | The Enchafèd Flood | The Enchafèd Flood: or, The Romantic Iconography of the Sea is a book of three lectures by W. H. Auden, first published in 1950.
The book contains Auden's 1949 Page-Barbour Lectures at the University of Virginia. The three lectures are titled "The Sea and the Desert", "The Stone and the Shell", and "Ishmael–Don Quixot... |
8840191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20gun | Flood gun | A flood gun is an electromechanical device that provides a steady flow of low-energy electrons to a desired target or "flood area."
Typically, the target is an area on an insulator or semiconductor where another "writing gun" has just left a net positive charge.
If the energy of a flood gun's electrons is properly ... |
8921315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbrian%20flood | Cymbrian flood | The Cymbrian flood (or Cimbrian flood) was, according to certain Roman accounts, a large-scale incursion of the sea in the region of the Jutland peninsula in the period 120 to 114 BCE, resulting in a permanent alteration of the coastline with much land lost.
Supposedly as a result of this flood, the Cimbri migrated so... |
8930245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971%20Kuala%20Lumpur%20floods | 1971 Kuala Lumpur floods | The 1971 Kuala Lumpur floods was a major flash flood disaster in Malaysia that occurred in January 1971. The flooding was the result of heavy monsoon rains, which swelled the Klang, Batu, and Gombak rivers. 32 people were killed and 180,000 people were affected. The Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak declared a s... |
8940262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Dayton%20Flood | Great Dayton Flood | The Great Dayton Flood of 1913 resulted from flooding by the Great Miami River reaching Dayton, Ohio, and the surrounding area, causing the greatest natural disaster in Ohio history. In response, the General Assembly passed the Vonderheide Act to enable the formation of conservancy districts. The Miami Conservancy Dist... |
8945585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staci%20Flood | Staci Flood | Staci Beth Codorniz Lavine Costa de Souza Flood (born December 10, 1974) is an American singer, dancer, and model best known for her lead dance roles in the music videos "Bailamos" by Enrique Iglesias (1999) and "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake (2003).
Career
She was once a member of the burlesque troupe The Puss... |
8963904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny%20Flood | Sonny Flood | Sonny Flood (born 18 November 1989) is an English actor.
Background
Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Flood was educated at Rossall School, near Fleetwood. In 2006 Flood passed ten GCSE exams all at either A or A*. In 2007, he achieved 4 'A's at AS level, in English Literature, History, Media Studies and Philosophy, and ... |
10691770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20floods | List of floods | A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrology and are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health.
List of notable f... |
10815340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet%20Flood | Emmet Flood | Emmet Thomas Flood IV is an American attorney who served as the interim White House Counsel to U.S. President Donald Trump from October 17, 2018, to December 10, 2018, following the resignation of Don McGahn. He also served as a Special Counsel during the George W. Bush Administration.
Early life and education
Flood... |
11073589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods%20in%20the%20United%20States%20before%201900 | Floods in the United States before 1900 | Floods in the United States before 1900 is a list of flood events that were of significant impact to the country, before 1900. Floods are generally caused by excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, and dam failure.
Prehistoric events
Kankakee Torrent
The Kankakee Torrent was a catastrophic flood that occurred betwee... |
11073641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists%20of%20floods%20in%20the%20United%20States | Lists of floods in the United States | Lists of floods in the United States provide overviews of major floods in the United States. They are organized by time period: before 1901, from 1901 to 2000, and from 2001 to the present.
Lists
Floods in the United States before 1901
Floods in the United States: 1901–2000
Floods in the United States: 2001–presen... |
11119312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Flood | Brian Flood | Brian Flood (born 22 June 1971 in Dublin) is a former Irish footballer who played as a defender and midfielder for Shelbourne in the League of Ireland.
Flood made his League of Ireland debut for Shelbourne on 3 September 1989 and scored the goal that wrapped up Shels first league title for thirty years when the title ... |
11186158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooded%20gum | Flooded gum | Flooded gum may refer to the following tree species:
Eucalyptus grandis, from eastern Australia
Eucalyptus rudis, from Western Australia
Eucalyptus tereticornis, from eastern Australia and southern New Guinea |
11188503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%202007%20floods%20in%20Argentina%27s%20Litoral%20region | March 2007 floods in Argentina's Litoral region | The Litoral region of Argentina underwent heavy rainstorms in the early autumn season of 2007. Starting in late March and ending in mid-April, the rains caused several major rivers to rise and/or overflow their banks, partly or completely flooded many towns and large cities, ruined a significant part of the crops in a ... |
11320409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955%20Flood | 1955 Flood | Various floods occurred in 1955:
1955 Hunter Valley floods in New South Wales, Australia
1955 Connecticut floods in the United States
Floods caused by cyclones in the:
1955 Atlantic hurricane season (eastern Americas)
1955 Pacific hurricane season (western American)
1955 Pacific typhoon season (eastern Asia)
19... |
11364301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods%20in%20the%20United%20States%20%282000%E2%80%93present%29 | Floods in the United States (2000–present) | Floods in the United States (2000–present) is a list of flood events which were of significant impact to the country during the 21st century, since 2000. Floods are generally caused by excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, storm surge from hurricanes, and dam failure.
Decade of the 2000s
November 2000 Hawaii floods... |
11370345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sundering%20Flood | The Sundering Flood | The Sundering Flood is a fantasy novel by British writer William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. The Sundering Flood was Morris' last work of fiction, completed only in rou... |
11555435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20Control%20Act%20of%201965 | Flood Control Act of 1965 | The Flood Control Act of 1965, Title II of , was enacted on October 27, 1965, by the 89th Congress and authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct numerous flood control projects including the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity, Louisiana Hurricane Protection Project in the New Orleans reg... |
11594424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20S.%20Flood%20%28politician%29 | Thomas S. Flood (politician) | Thomas Schmeck Flood (April 12, 1844 – October 28, 1908) was a United States Representative from New York.
Born in Lodi, New York, Flood attended the common schools and Elmira Free Academy. He studied medicine but did not practice, instead engaging in the drug business. He moved to Pennsylvania and founded the town of... |
11633995 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20flooding%20in%20Canada | History of flooding in Canada | The history of flooding in Canada includes floods caused by snowmelt runoff or freshet flooding, storm-rainfall and "flash flooding", ice jams during ice formation and spring break-up, natural dams, coastal flooding on ocean or lake coasts from storm surges, hurricanes and tsunamis. Urban flooding can be caused by stor... |
9322485 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1642%20Yellow%20River%20flood | 1642 Yellow River flood | The 1642 Yellow River flood or Kaifeng flood was a man-made disaster in October, 1642, that principally affected Kaifeng and Xuzhou.
Kaifeng is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, prone to violent flooding throughout its history. During the early Ming dynasty, the town was the site of major floods in 1375, ... |
9327662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally%20Floody | Wally Floody | Clarke Wallace Chant Floody, (April 28, 1918 – September 25, 1989) was a Canadian fighter pilot and prisoner of war in the Second World War. He was instrumental in organizing and implementing the "Great Escape" from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III.
Early life
Floody was born in Chatham, Ontario, and a... |
9468199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodland%20%28novel%29 | Floodland (novel) | Floodland is a children's fantasy novel by Marcus Sedgwick, published on 2 March 2000 by Orion Children's Books. Floodland won the Branford Boase Award in 2001 for an outstanding first published novel.
Plot
Floodland is set in the near future where most of the United Kingdom is covered by water. She is left alone in... |
9510705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20Mozambican%20flood | 2007 Mozambican flood | The 2007 Mozambican flood began in late December 2006 when the Cahora Bassa Dam overflowed from heavy rains on Southern Africa. It worsened on February 22, 2007, when the Category 4 Cyclone Favio made landfall on the central province of Inhambane; experts tracking the cyclone predicted that it would worsen flooding in... |
9564341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%20Vietnamese%20floods | 1999 Vietnamese floods | The 1999 Vietnamese floods affected Vietnam in late 1999 and were the worst floods the country had experienced in a century. The floods were caused by a series of storms that brought heavy rain to the central part of the country in October and November. The first storm to hit was Tropical Storm Eve on October 19 and th... |
9577541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper%20Flood%20Swallet | Upper Flood Swallet | Upper Flood Swallet which was originally known as Blackmoor Flood Swallet, is an exceptionally well-decorated cave near Charterhouse, in the carboniferous limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI.
The entrance was revealed in the Great Flood of 1968, giving the... |
9593187 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmfirth%20floods | Holmfirth floods | The Holmfirth floods were a number of instances when severe flooding had occurred in the Holme Valley, West Yorkshire, England affecting Holmfirth and other settlements in the valley. The earliest record dates from 1738 and the latest from 1944. The most severe flood occurred early on the morning of 5 February 1852, wh... |
9633913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966%20flood%20of%20the%20Arno | 1966 flood of the Arno | The 1966 flood of the Arno () in Florence killed 101 people and damaged or destroyed millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. It is considered the worst flood in the city's history since 1557. With the combined effort of Italian and foreign volunteers alike, or angeli del fango ("Mud Angels"), many of these fine... |
9646674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20Gallery%20Fine%20Arts%20Center | Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center | Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center is a non-profit contemporary art institution in the River Arts District in Asheville, North Carolina. It has made significant contributions to the region by cultivating a strong exhibitions program bringing in artists both national and international, and through its expansive arts in educ... |
9931233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20Jakarta%20flood | 2007 Jakarta flood | The 2007 Jakarta flood was a major flood in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia and affected several other areas around the city, such as West Java and Banten. The flood, beginning on February 2, 2007 was a result of heavy rain, deforestation in areas south of the city, and waterways clogged with debris. The flood is con... |
9941897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Flood | Gary Flood | Gary Flood (born September 7, 1985 in Hauppauge, New York) is an American soccer player who formerly plays for Long Island Rough Riders in the USL Premier Development League.
Career
College
Flood attended Hauppauge High School and played four years of college soccer at Hofstra University. He was drafted by the Revolu... |
10026327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Saints%27%20Flood%20%281170%29 | All Saints' Flood (1170) | The All Saints' Flood of 1170 (Allerheiligenvloed) was a catastrophic flood in the Netherlands that took place in 1170. Large parts of the Northern Netherlands, and Holland territories were overflowed.
The flooding North Sea created the islands of Wieringen and Texel. Lake Flevo was once a fresh water lake, but a sea ... |
10096220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Saints%27%20Flood | All Saints' Flood | All Saints' Flood is the name of different floods throughout history:
All Saints' Flood (1170) (Allerheiligenvloed), 1170 AD in the Netherlands
All Saints' Flood (1304) (Allerheiligenflut), 1304 AD in Western Pomerania
All Saints' Flood (1436) (Allerheiligenflut), 1436 AD in North Frisia
All Saints' Flood (1570) (... |
10496326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954%20Yangtze%20floods | 1954 Yangtze floods | From June to September 1954, the Yangtze River Floods were a series of catastrophic floodings that occurred mostly in Hubei Province. Due to unusually high volume of precipitation as well as an extraordinarily long rainy season in the middle stretch of the Yangtze River late in the spring of 1954, the river started to ... |
10552005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Flood%20%28cricketer%29 | John Flood (cricketer) | John Wellesley Flood (3 November 1883 in Yorketown, South Australia, Australia – 21 March 1929 in Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea) was an Australian-born Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played just once for the Ireland cricket team, in a first-class match against Scotl... |
10655528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5kon%20Flood | Håkon Flood | Håkon Flood (25 September 1905 – 9 October 2001) was a professor of inorganic chemistry at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim, Norway, from 1953 to 1975. He also worked as the director of the Institute of Silicate Research (Institutt for Silikatforskning) at NTH. Professor Flood was one of the pioneers ... |
11720640 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Flood | Thomas Flood | Thomas Flood may refer to:
Thomas S. Flood (Medal of Honor) (1840–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
Thomas H. Flood (1804–1873), Delegate and Senator to the General Assembly of Virginia
Thomas S. Flood (politician) (1844–1908), U.S. Representative from New York
Thomas Flood (astronomer) (1... |
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