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floods

  • plural
    of flood.
    flood
    noun
    a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
  • present tense form
    of flood (3rd person singular).
    flood
    noun
    a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.

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A Google system can forecast river floods up to seven days in advance in over 150 countries, according to the US tech giant.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

People could help prepare for floods by moving "the good stuff upstairs" and making sure they had sandbags to hand ahead of bad weather, he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Brazilian prosecutors on Friday filed an unprecedented lawsuit against oil giant Shell's subsidiary in the country, demanding $108 million in compensation over deadly 2024 floods.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

He was part of a team of reporters recognized as Pulitzer Prize finalists for coverage of the deadly 2025 Texas floods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Rather than a colossal biblical Flood, Lyell argued, there had been millions of floods; God had shaped the earth not through singular cataclysms but through a million paper cuts.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee