What is "in flood"

Usage examples of "in flood".

We heard a roar, went to the mouth of the tunnel and looked out, and Avalanche Gulch looked more like the rapids of the Grand Canyon when the Colorado's in flood stage.

The Crati, which here has only just started upon its long seaward way from some glen of Sila, presents much the same appearance, the track which it has worn in flood being many times as broad as the actual current.

Besides making boats, Ag-Vonsar also constructed sluice gates for the system of water channels and locks that irrigated the surrounding area and allowed the level to be controlled during the season when the river feeding the lake was in flood.

It sounded very convincing, but the look in Flood's eyes was too familiar.

These could only be navigated in flood season, and would thus limit the periods in which we could travel.

You who are named for a great river in flood, you must tell me, have you ever seen this metal before?

In storm the Aj boiled brown with silt, the precious earth washed seaward, in flood that covered all but the hills and greater isles.

Or maybe a combined sewer and drainage-tunnel - there were plenty of those in flood-conscious Derry.