For as far back as we can go in the history of man, we find records or tales, or legends, about great floods. The reason for this is that there have always been floods. In fact, primitive man deliberately settled in the valleys that were in the paths of floods because they were so fertile.

What is a flood? It’s a condition that exists when a river overflows its banks and the water spreads out elsewhere What causes a flood? the accumulation of a great deal of water in a river that comes from heavy rains, or from other streams or reservoirs that feed into the river. A river usually drains a vast area, or ‘watershed,’ and it is the heavy flow of water from anywhere in this watershed that makes a river rise and flood over its banks.