in flood

idiom

of a river, lake, etc.

: close to overflowing its banks and flooding the land next to it

After a week of rain, the river is in (full) flood.

Note: The phrase in full flood is sometimes used figuratively to describe the time when something is most active, successful, etc.

a political movement that was in full flood in the 1980s

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At least two more people died: A Houston Police Department civilian employee got caught in flood waters driving to work; and in Southeast Houston a man died in a fire believed to have been started by lighting, Whitmire said at a news conference Monday evening. —

Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024 Many of the homes and businesses there were completely engulfed in flood waters. —

Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024 Photographs published on the Arkansas Gazette's front page on Sept. 14 showed police rescuing residents trapped in flood waters on Asher Avenue after Rock Creek had risen to dangerous levels. —

arkansasonline.com, 12 Oct. 2024 Amber Henry and her children, ages 4, 5, 9 and 10, were trapped in flood waters from 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, to 5 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. —

Charna Flam, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in flood