flood
noun
a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
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“By the end of the year, HDD price could come back to preflood level for certain drives,” said Fang Zhang, an analyst at IHS iSuppli, a market forecasting company based in the United States.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2012