Over the winter, the entire patio collapsed after a storm and a mysterious flood ruined the floor.

However, floods ruined Montgomery's early years at the reins, and he was unable to turn an early profit.

A small flood in 1993 ruined a marginal amount of farmland.

"The current flood of thousands of games each year is surely ruining the market," he said.

At the end of the 18th century, a catastrophic flood destroyed the old town square, and ruined half of the settlement.

Frequent floods and villagers extracting building materials nearly ruined the garden.

In 1993, a small flood ruined a marginal amount of cropland.

The flood in April had ruined the place.

On February 16, 1990 a flood came and almost ruined the machines but after ten days the mill was running again.

A flood could spread disease and ruin farm land.