Rising sun catching the summit of towering orange sand dunes with reflections in the flooded pan of Sossusvlei caused by rare heavy rainfall, Namib Desert near Sesriem, Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Rising tide floods Mounts Bay and the stone causeway at St. Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Melting snow results in water rising and threat of floods, Stowe, Vermont, New England, United States of America, North America

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

Passage du Gois Route practicable a basse mer-road from the Ile de Noirmoutier to the mainland, dept Loire-Atlantique, France, Europe

Aerial view, floodplains of the Lippe river, meandering Lippe river, river bends, renaturation, Life-Project of the state government of NRW, Hamm, Ruhrgebiet area, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, Europe

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

Early morning, dawn, in the swamp, Dalarna, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Early morning, dawn, in the swamp, Dalarna, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Schwenninger Moos nature reserve in fog, source of the Neckar, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Tree on flooded grassland on the Elbe river near Dessau at sunrise, Mittlere Elbe biosphere reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Early morning, dawn, in the swamp, Dalarna, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Schwenninger Moos nature reserve in fog, source of the Neckar, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe