The Thames Flood Barrier, London, England, UK

The Thames Flood Barrier between Greenwich and Woolwich on the River Thames, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Stone harbour wall and village of Lynmouth on a summer morning, Exmoor National Park, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Flooded salt marsh during an exceptionally high tide near Cark in Cartmell on Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, UK.

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

A flood protection device on a house to protect from flooding caused by high spring tides and gale force winds, Sandside, near Arnside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A flood evacuation sign in a caravan park in Kinmel bay that is susceptible to coastal flooding, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

A man sand bagging a house against rising flood waters at Rydal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Construction of new flood defences in Carlisle after the disastrous floods there, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A group of teenagers canyoning in Mid Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

A house door in Workington that was inundated by floodwater, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A house door in Workington that was inundated by floodwater, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Construction of new flood defences in Carlisle after the disastrous floods there, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A house with floodgate protection in Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A house on the beach, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Closed storm surge barrier The Oosterscheldekering (Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier) between the islands Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland, part of the Delta works series of dams, protecting the Netherlands from flooding, Netherlands

Cologne Cathedral covered by a flood, photomontage, symbolic image, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Concrete dam of Urfttalsperre reservoir, Eifel National Park, district of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Closed storm surge barrier The Maeslantkering in the Nieuwe Waterweg waterway between Hoek van Holland and Maassluis, part of the Delta Works, Netherlands

Riprap as a costal protection measure, Norderfriedrichskoog tidal flats, Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Eiderstedt peninsula, North Friesland region, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

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

The Thames Flood Barrier, designed to help keep London from flooding during high storm tides, United Kingdom, Europe

Loisach with high water protection wall in Eschenlohe, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Closed storm surge barrier The Maeslantkering in the Nieuwe Waterweg waterway between Hoek van Holland and Maassluis, part of the Delta Works, Netherlands

Sheep at the dike in Utlandshoern (Leybucht), city Norden, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Domestic sheep (Ovis gmelini aries), lamb grazing on dyke, animal child, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Construction of a protection wall against flooding, Ostend Harbor, Belgium, Europa

Sand bags, house front, City of Galway, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Norwegian sheep on the dike, Falshoeft, Geltinger Bay, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Couple Floating On A Raft During The Floods In Yangshuo

Floating Jetty Over Flooded Lake Maggiore, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland