Planet Earth: Flood

The Story

Florence Ordeal By Flood: It is the simplest substance on earth, merely two atoms of hydrogen and one oxygen. early philosophers embraced it as the fundamental building block of the universe, the wellspring of life itself-and they were not far wrong. It bathes the world with countless forms: a spring spurting from a mountainside, the glassy morror of a still lake, a river gliding silently to the sea. But water-this beneficent liquid, so traquil, soft and tractable-has a murderous Janus face as well. Once loosed from channels and basins, water races overland powered by gravity. (Flood stage)