The phrase "during the flood" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a time period, for example, "We had to evacuate our home during the flood."
"We have high floods during the flood times," he said.
The Mayor gave an account of his own experiences during the flood.
Seven thousand tons of dry concrete were soaked during the flood, Mr. Spence said.
"Paddy during the flood season is too risky," Mr. Saikia said.
The arena is now dry, but during the flood the basketball court itself was floating on four feet of water.
"I can just see her holding the baby" during the flood, Mr. Wade told the A.P., choking with emotion.
"There's a marker around here somewhere that shows how high the water was during the flood," Mr. Johnson said.
The October rainfall record for the Hartford area had been set during the flood of 1955, with 11.61 inches of rain.
He still had enough in the locker during the flood, he said, to sustain $3,000 to $5,000 in damage.
Standing at the water's edge, Tammy Freeman, 38, said she and her daughters had been staying with friends during the flood.
All hell broke lose," recalled Todd Dohman, 39, an organizer of Breckenridge's volunteer sandbagging effort this year and during the flood four years ago.
