Rickshaws being pushed through the monsoon floods in a town, India

Western part of waterfall scar 120m high and 5km wide created by giant floods when Lake Missoula's ice dam was breached at end of Ice Age, Dry Falls, Grand Coulee, Washington state, United States of America, North America

Spokane River in Major Flood, Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington State, United States of America, North America

Spokane River in major flood, Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington State, United States of America, North America

American alligator (Alligator mississipiensis), submerging, J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, United States of America, North America

Rural scene, rice cultivation, Amarapura, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Flooded car park in town centre in October 2000, Lewes, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

River Rhine flooding Cologne (Koln) in 1995, Germany, Europe

Temporary bridge in the aftermath of the December 2005 tsunami, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, Asia

Damage caused by the December 2005 tsunami, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, Asia

Floods in 1995, River Rhine, Cologne (Koln), Germany, Europe

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

Tree above flood water, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, North America

Blue whale (balaenoptera musculus) A submerging blue whale head.The Gulf of California.

Overweight businessman with fingers in ears in flooded city

Caucasian woman standing waist deep in water

Caucasian woman standing waist deep in water smoking cigarette

Flooding around stop sign and streetlamp

Black insurance adjuster examining flooding damage to house

Black insurance adjuster examining flooding damage to house

Man throwing water from bucket in flooding laundry room

Caucasian woman laying on dock in ocean waves

Wave hitting bow of a cruise ship, Drake Passage or Mar de Hoces, Southern Ocean, South Polar Ocean, Antarctica

Little boy with swimming goggles, jumping into swimming pool, underwater, Ukraine, Europe

Fluke of a Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) while diving, Kaikoura, Canterbury Region, New Zealand, Oceania

Humpback Whale (Megaptera Novaeangliae) Lifting Its Fluke As It Submerges Into The Waters Of Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska, Alaska, United States Of America

Boy wearing swimming goggles in water, Utah, United States