The phrase "a flood of criticism" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a large amount of criticism directed towards someone or something, often in a sudden or overwhelming manner.
Example: "After the controversial decision was announced, the organization faced a flood of criticism from the public and media."
Alternatives: "an avalanche of criticism" or "a deluge of criticism".
Disclosure of the ban brought a flood of criticism from liberal bloggers, critical of the Library of Congress's behaviour.
His remarks have unleashed a flood of criticism from Parliament and the Kremlin, saying that threats to secede are a violation of the Constitution.
It has been thoroughly challenged by a flood of criticism which has served mainly to confirm the accuracy of the hypothesis.
Following a flood of criticism on social media, the batsman apologised for his remarks at a press conference at Melbourne airport.
The cover, on the German-language magazine Die Weltwoche, unleashed a flood of criticism in Switzerland, Austria and Germany over what many saw as race-based fear-mongering.
The deletion drew a flood of criticism from biology professors across the state as well as from parents and former President Jimmy Carter.
A flood of subsequent criticism that the plan would rob welfare recipients of dignity even in death persuaded him to drop the idea and to apologize.
When a newspaper in Westchester County, N.Y., published a map online last month showing the names and addresses of local pistol permit holders, a flood of nationwide criticism (and a counter-flood of support) ensued.
The latest military putsch, on August 6th, put failed and successful coups in the last three decades into double figures and prompted a flood of international criticism, including suspension of aid and of membership of the African Union (AU).
But it turned out that many New Yorkers were deeply attached not so much to 42nd Street as to their memories of it, and the prospect of a bulldozer redevelopment of this glorious necropolis provoked a flood of anguished criticism.
The Miss America pageant has crowned its first winner from an Indian background – an aspiring doctor who plans to use the $50,000£31,00000) prize money to fund her studies – sparking a flood of racist criticism on social media.
