They had floods to surmount and many a howling tempest to out-endure.

They had floods then, rode around in boats sometimes.

I mean we'd never had floods before then.

But last year we had floods.

PO: You realise that we have just come through years of war, when people were not settled, and then we had floods and drought.

We have had floods of sunshine followed by deluges of rain, alternate tears and smiles from the petulant sky, gusts of wind and storms.

French Polynesia (and New Caledonia, which has maintained its quarantine controls) are French territories, and have had floods of French public servants coming in throughout.