Flood gates, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A flood gate, part of the new flood defences in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A flood gate, part of the new flood defences in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A storm surge steel gate closed following a bad storm in Seaton, to protect the town against flooding, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A house in Wells Next the Sea with a flood gate to protect against storm surge coastal flooding, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The chalk cliffs of Étretat with the natural arch Porte d’Aval and the needle Aiguille flood-lit at the blue hour after sunset, Côte d'Albâtre, Département Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, Europe

Lock and houseboats in a canal in Knowle, West Midlands, England, Great Britain, Europe

Flood, Acqua Alta, on St Mark's Square in Venice on 12 November 2019

Eider Barrier on the mouth of River Eider near Toenning - largest German coastal protection building, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany