Floods at Great Salt Lake, Utah
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Night shot of the Thames River flood barrier
Aerial view of the Grand Canyon
View from space of the 1993 Mississippi flood
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Flooded desert
Hurricane-ravaged development in Alabama
View from space of a reservoir in Turkey
View from space of the Amazon River
Aerial view of flooded fields in Laos
a ricksha driver in a flooded street in Kolkata, India
View from space of a Madagascar estuary
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Great Salt Lake, Utah
Great Salt Lake's water level fluctuates dramatically due to seasonal shifts in inflow water volume and the rate of evaporation. The Utah lake is a closed basin with no outlet for water, so floods like those of the mid-1980s can be severe and destructive.
Photograph by Jim Richardson

Floods

The enormous power of moving water can be a force of both destruction and renewal. See images of flooding from around the world.

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