The phrase "a recent flood" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a flood event that has occurred not long ago.
Example: "The community is still recovering from a recent flood that caused significant damage to homes and infrastructure."
Alternatives: "a recent deluge" or "a recent inundation".
It has also witnessed a recent flood of cheap drugs from next door.
The house, one of Lambertville's oldest, had a new kitchen, reconstructed after a recent flood.
The report adds credence to a recent flood of social media acquisitions from companies like Oracle, Salesforce and Microsoft.
Regulators and securities lawyers attribute the surge in Ponzi scheme cases to a recent flood of consumer tips.
One hot day they take a boat out to a deserted island in the Mississippi where a recent flood has surreally dumped a boat up in the trees.
A recent flood of musicals pouring into London shows no signs of abating.Last autumn, theatre talk seemed only about what were quickly called "the big three": the planned productions of "The Woman in White", "The Producers" and "Mary Poppins".
When he talks of a strange recent flood of money — the supermarket, transformed from Soviet-style bare shelves to a cornucopia of luxury goods, the sudden appearance of large houses with swimming pools, said to be owned by "plant managers" on government salaries — Langeweische scents his opportunity.
HaaS is also a result of the recent flood of innovation released by the lowered barriers for building hardware: cheaper components, easier prototyping, more accessible contract manufacturers, newer distribution channels and hardware-friendly investors.
Last year's floods in Pakistan followed an unprecedented Moscow heat wave, while the recent flood in Australia covered an area the size of France and Germany combined.
The most damaging incident was the government's bungled response to a recent flash flood in central Taiwan that killed four construction workers.
A comparison of model forecast accuracy using the operational rain gauge-adjusted radar rainfall input (GARR) is made against rain gauge only (RGO) input for a recent flash flood.
