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• n  the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
  plains fertilized by annual inundations
• n  an overwhelming number or amount

• Fay is the most significant and widespread inundation of Florida since five hurricanes smacked the state in 2004-05.
• Since 1964, Disaster Relief Coordinator Steve Tripp has coped coolly and shrewdly with 213 calamities, ranging from Hurricane Beulah's inundation of northeastern Mexico to the .
• A year after the tsunami, scientists fear that another monster earthquake might one day strike Sumatra, triggering a fresh inundation by the sea.

• flood
• deluge
• alluvion
• torrent

News & Articles

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• Climate Change-Poverty Link Highlighted In World Bank Report
  In this Oct. 24, 2011 file photo, cars are parked on an overfly on a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand. Sea level rise projections show Bangkok could be at risk of inundation in 100 years unless preventive measures are taken.
  June 19, 2013 - The Huffington Post

Quotes

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• John McCain in CBS News
  We are going to see now an inundation of special-interest money into political campaigns,McCain warned. "I think that diminishes the influence of average citizens."
• Penny Wong in Reuters AlertNet
  Large waves can also be destructive, leading to coastal inundation, erosion and the disturbance of marine habitats,Wong said.
• Paulette Bethel in The Bahama Journal
  Dr. Paulette Bethel, The Bahamas Permanent Representative to the United Nations, told the UN's General Assembly that The Bahamas is "extremely vulnerable to climate change" and now faces "inundation from storm surges, depletion of fragile...