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

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

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