Scientists reveal new details about the 5.3-million-year-old flood, which triggered earthquakes, generated tropical-storm force winds, and created a waterfall 30 times taller than Niagara.

The Zanclean Megaflood Scientists have argued some time over that the Mediterranean experienced a giant flood caused by an influx of water coming through the narrow Strait of Gibraltar. The strait, ...

“The Zanclean Megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, with discharge rates and flow velocities dwarfing any other known floods,” said Aaron Micallef, lead author of the study.

This event is known as the ‘Zanclean Megaflood’ and is considered the largest flood on Earth to date. However, some researchers dispute this claim. A report in The Conversation highlights the ...

If correct, (and some scientists do dispute the theory), the so-called Zanclean megaflood would be the largest single flood recorded on Earth. ... Those Washington hills were carved out by a megaflood ...

“The Zanclean megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, with discharge rates and flow velocities dwarfing any other known floods in Earth’s history,” Micallef said.

At least, that's the thesis one of us put forward in a 2009 study of an underwater canyon excavated along the Strait of Gibraltar, which he presumed to have been carved out by this massive flood. If ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down ...

What we know about the cataclysmic ‘megaflood’ considered the largest in Earth’s history. The Mediterranean Sea, a largely dry and salty basin, was refilled in just a few years – or months ...

The Mediterranean Sea, a largely dry and salty basin, was refilled in just a few years – or months, writes Daniel García-Castellanos ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down ...