Overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry

Saint Camillus de Lellis rescuing lives and offering shelter from the flooding Tiber, Rome. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.

Messina Port, Messina, Sicily, Italy: with a numbered key. Tinted etching.

People being rescued from a flood in a boat bearing messages about safe sex and condoms; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the STD/AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Colour lithograph by Tahley (?), 1995.

Water tank, Srīperumbūdur: overflowing of the tank. Coloured aquatint by H. Merke after J. Hunter.

A storm of thunder and lightning, rain, wind and floods threaten an ancient town on the sea-coast; representing conflict. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 42.7 x 61 cm

1 print : engraving ; platemark 30.8 x 43.3 cm

Flood hazards and health : responding to present and future risks / edited by Roger Few and Franziska Matthies.

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People being rescued from a flood in a boat bearing messages about safe sex and condoms; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the STD/AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Colour lithograph by Tahley (?), 1995.

Saint Camillus de Lellis rescuing lives and offering shelter from the flooding Tiber, Rome. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.

A storm of thunder and lightning, rain, wind and floods threaten an ancient town on the sea-coast; representing conflict. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Flood hazards and health : responding to present and future risks / edited by Roger Few and Franziska Matthies.

A storm of thunder and lightning, rain, wind and floods threaten an ancient town on the sea-coast; representing conflict. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.