Flooded Collection

If London flooded tomorrow, what would you do?
Text with map of London, showing Flood Risk Area, and underground and railway lines. If London flooded tomorrow, what would you do

The Wettest Derby on Record by The Tout, 1927
The Wettest Derby on record in 1927 with numerous well-known personalities of the turf coping with the flooded course with the help of umbrellas and rowing boats. Includes the jockey M

Bomb damage and crater, Petherton Road, London, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage and a crater in Petherton Road, North London, 2 July 1944. A salvage operation took place, pumping out flooded basements

Canvey Island Flooded
An aerial photograph taken over South Benfleet, looking in a south-westerly direction over Canvey Island: the desolation caused by floods

A Flood at Staines
Flood water from the river Thames at Staines in Surrey, threatens the premises of Ws Biffen Boat Builder and the gasometer, one of the largest in the world

Frinton-on-Sea, Essex - The Church of St Mary the Virgin, once recorded as the smallest parish church in England Date: circa 1910

Cornish China Clay Dumps
China Clay dumps and flooded disused workings, near Bugle, Cornwall, England

Periscope and All by Gerald C. Hudson, WW1
Humorous cartoon depicting the grimness of life in the trenches. THOMAS (encountering a pal on the surface of a flooded crater): Lor! Enry, ow you did make me jump. I thought you was a submarine

British soldiers bathing in flooded shell hole by Matania
The only advantage of the wet weather on the Western Front - a novel swimming bath used by British soldiers to bathe in. A scene captured at the front by The Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania

Severn Tunnel Diver
The brave diver Alexander Lambert descending the shaft into the flooded tunnel. In Fleuss diving gear, he closed the headwall door and prevented further flooding

If London were Venice, Piccadilly Circus. A view of London if its streets were canals. c. 1900s

Athelney in Somerset, the most flooded village in England
Athelney in Somerset, devastated by floods in 1930 showing the only method of travel around the area - in Venetian style, by boat

Salvage operation, Petherton Road, London, WW2
Salvage operation, pumping out flooded basements in Petherton Road, North London, on 2 July 1944, during the Second World War

Tewkesbury Abbey inundated by unprecedented flooding of the Rivers Severn and Avon July 2007 Gloucestershire UK
MAB-735 Tewkesbury Abbey inundated by unprecedented flooding of the Rivers Severn and Avon July 2007 Gloucestershire UK Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Ww1 / 18Jun15 / Notre Trench
Notre-Dame de Lorette - a soldier walks through the flooded trenches

Norfolk Broads Floods
The Broads overflow their banks - the flooded fields near Beccles, on the Suffolk - Norfolk border, East Anglia, England. Date: 1950s

Tewkesbury Abbey reflected in flooded meadow, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Carrowmore Lake, Co Mayo, Ireland; Cattle At The Edge Of A Lake

Articulated Lorry driving on flooded road

Hathern, Leicestershire, UK. 2nd January 2024. UK weather. A Fire Fighter checks inside a car stranded in flood water. High winds

Hathern, Leicestershire, UK. 2nd January 2024. UK weather. A Fire Fighter checks inside a car stranded in flood water. High winds

Bhutan, Paro. Fields of red rice are golden as they ripen in this fertile valley

Flooding in London, 1928, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Flooding in London, 1928, (1935). The seriousness of the floods was not fully realised until the Embankment at Westminster gave way

Flood waters in the moat at the Tower of London, 1928, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Flood waters in the moat at the Tower of London, 1928, (1935). The worst Thames flood within living memory...the Tower moat - ordinarily used as a football ground - filled with water

Flooding of Station Road, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. Possibly 1924
A view from Wheal Leisure of a flooded Station Road over to St Pirans Road in the background. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Elevated view of flooded rice terraces during early spring planting season, Batad, Banaue, Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines

Batad village and flooded rice fields during early spring rice planting season, Banaue, Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines

Soldiers on way to Dayton, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Soldiers on way to Dayton, between c1910 and c1915

The late flood of the Arno at Florence – from a sketch by E. W. Cooke, R.A. 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The late flood of the Arno at Florence - from a sketch by E. W. Cooke, R.A. 1864. View of...the flood which visited that city from the sudden rise of the river Arno, caused by a storm of rain...[Mr

River Vakh, 1928. Creator: Dmitrii Innokent'evich Karatanov
River Vakh, 1928. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

Flood in Ely, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
Flooded street in Ely, White Pine County, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1920

Newburyport Meadows, ca. 1876-81. Creator: Martin Johnson Heade
Newburyport Meadows, ca. 1876-81

Yuangyang Rice Terraces at Duoyishu, China

Yuangyang Rice Terraces at Bada, China

Tree on flooded meadow in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO, Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Aerial of Mary River floodplain, Bamurru Plains, Northern Territory, Australia

Aerial of floodplain meeting the ocean, Bamurru Plains, Northern Territory, Australia

Aerial of airboat on floodplain, Bamurru Plains, Northern Territory, Australia

Flooded footbridge at Ribnitz-Damgarten, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Northern Germany, Germany

Lupine meadow at sunrise in the Bavarian Rhaon, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Rhaon
Lupine meadow at sunrise in the Bavarian RhAon, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve RhAon, three countries corner - Hesse, Thuringia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sunlight-flooded tree in blooming heathland (Calluna vulgaris) in the Lueneburg Heath in Lower Saxony, Germany

Aerial view of Khwai River, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Dead Leadwood (Combretum imberbe), Khwai, Botswana, Africa

Flooded banks of the River Merced in Yosemite Valley, California, USA. Spring (June) 2016

Flood affected in Bangladesh

An old sunken boat in Loch Harport, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Reflections off water filled rice terraces, Yuanyang County, Honghe, Yunnan Province, China

Reflections of water filled rice terraces, Yuanyang County, Honghe, Yunnan Province, China

Trees & flooded creek, nr Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Flooded Merced River and Yosemite Falls during springtime, Yosemite, California, USA. Spring (June) 2016

Natural reserve of Pian di Spagna flooded with snowy peaks reflected in the water at sunset Valtellina Lombardy Italy Europe

Orange River
DCIM107MEDIADJI_0113.JPG. Ovi D. Pop

Cows in a Soggy Meadow, 1860-1900. Creator: Willem Maris
Cows in a Soggy Meadow, 1860-1900

The Siege and Submergence of Takamatsu Castle, 1867. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Siege and Submergence of Takamatsu Castle, 1867. Series: Chronicles of the Toyotomi Clan

Drowned Lands Of The Raquette Lake, Printed 1888. Creator: Seneca Ray Stoddard
Drowned Lands Of The Raquette Lare, Printed 1888

Noah's Thank-offering. Creator: Ester Almqvist
Noah's Thank-offering, Unknown date

Noah's Sacrifice after the Deluge, between 1650 and 1655. Creator: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Noah's Sacrifice after the Deluge, between 1650 and 1655

Dyke breach, 1765-1873. Creator: Cornelis van Hardenbergh
Dyke breach, 1765-1873

Un secteur humide; L'inondation d'un cantonnement de deuxieme ligne en Champagne, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Un secteur humide; L'inondation d'un cantonnement de deuxieme ligne en Champagne, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

The Flood, published 1606. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson
The Flood, published 1606. From The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 7

Map of the area between Bergen op Zoom and Steenbergen, 1630. Creator: Franciscus van Schooten
Map of the area between Bergen op Zoom and Steenbergen, 1630. Tabula Bergarum ad Zomam Stenbergae'. Showing fortresses, trees, hills, harbours, areas susceptible to flooding

Figurative map, giving an indication of the main dike breaches, etc.: along the Rivers, 1809. Creator: Antoni Zürcher
Figurative map, giving an indication of the main dike breaches, etc.: along the Rivers, 1809. The area affected by flooding between the large rivers

Autumn, evening and water; the four seasons, times of day and elements, 1797. Creator: Jacob Cats
Autumn, evening and water; the four seasons, times of day and elements, 1797

View of the flooded Ransdorp, February 1825. Creator: Gerrit Lamberts
View of the flooded Ransdorp, February 1825

Trois aquarelles du front; Tranchee entre Bethincourt et le bois de Forges, 1916. Creator: Douy Pascault
Trois aquarelles du front; Tranchee entre Bethincourt et le bois de Forges. Les terres sont maintenues par des caisses en bois faisant l'office de gabions, 1916

First rush of water through Gamboa dyke, Panama Canal, c.between 1910 and 1914. Creator: Unknown
First rush of water through Gamboa dyke, Panama Canal, c.between 1910 and 1914

The Prince of Orange Visititing Flood Victims at the Almoners Orphanage, Amsterdam, on 14 February 1825, 1825

The Flood, 1450-1499. Creator: Anon
The Flood, 1450-1499

Mountain Scenery with Waterfall, 1641-1679. Creator: Jan van Kessel
Mountain Scenery with Waterfall, 1641-1679

In convénient de se batir une maison de campagne... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
In convenient de se batir une maison de campagne... 19th century. Inconvenient to build a country house in a plain and near a river

The Great Floods in Spain--The Town of Consuegra after the Inundations, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Great Floods in Spain--The Town of Consuegra after the Inundations, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Abords de l'avenue de Gezireh pendant la crue du Nil; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Abords de l'avenue de Gezireh pendant la crue du Nil; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

J'veux monter tout de suite la-dedans avec toi papa... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
J'veux monter tout de suite la-dedans avec toi papa... 19th century. I want to go up in that with you Papa, because my nanny said that the flood will come again

L'Alliance avec la mer; M Karel Cogge, qui assura l'inondation de la region de Nieuport, 1914. Creator: Polinet
L'Alliance avec la mer; M Karel Cogge, qui assura l'inondation de la region de Nieuport, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

L'Alliance avec la mer; L'inondation protectrice sur la rive gauche de l'Yser, 1914. Creator: Unknown
L'Alliance avec la mer; L'inondation protectrice sur la rive gauche de l'Yser, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

An Unusually Rainy Season in Queensland, 1891. Creator: Unknown
An Unusually Rainy Season in Queensland, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

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If London flooded tomorrow, what would you do? 🌊 Imagine waking up to a city submerged in water. The bustling streets of London transformed into a watery maze, with iconic landmarks like Big Ben and the Tower Bridge peeking out from the floodwaters. It's an unimaginable scenario that leaves us wondering how we would cope. In Frinton-on-Sea, Essex - The Church stands tall amidst the rising tides. Its spire reaching for the sky as if defying nature's forces. Canvey Island Flooded becomes a surreal sight, houses surrounded by water like tiny islands floating in an endless sea. A Flood at Staines paints a picture of chaos and destruction. Roads turned into rivers, cars half-submerged, and people desperately seeking higher ground. Meanwhile, Cornish China Clay Dumps become part of this aquatic landscape as clay mixes with rainwater to create swirling patterns on the surface. Periscope and All by Gerald C. Hudson takes us back to WW1 when soldiers navigated flooded trenches using periscopes to keep watch over enemy lines. Bomb damage and crater on Petherton Road reminds us of the resilience shown during WW2 when Londoners faced not only bombings but also flooding caused by relentless rainfall. British soldiers bathing in a flooded shell hole captured by Matania showcases moments of camaraderie even amidst dire circumstances. Their laughter echoing through the waterlogged battlefield serves as a reminder that humanity can find solace even in times of crisis. The Severn Tunnel Diver emerges from beneath murky waters after braving treacherous conditions underground to ensure safe passage for trains above ground – their bravery shining through despite facing adversity head-on. The Wettest Derby on Record witnessed jockeys maneuvering their horses through torrents of rainwater while spectators huddled under umbrellas cheering them on – proving that nothing can dampen our spirits when it comes to celebrating tradition and sportsmanship.