By contrast, thousands of jubilant Kurds flooded the streets of the south-eastern city of Diyarbakir as the results came in.
Universally heartfelt tributes flooded in from politicians on Twitter this morning.
"When Dresden flooded 11 years ago, they called it the flood of the century, saying the last time it had happened was 150 years before," she said.
When the Manus camp flooded, detainees found snakes in their rooms.
"Hopefully, it's somebody who lives in the area, and this is their reward for having gone through this," said Carol Blackford, a retiree whose home in Little Egg Harbor was flooded with knee-high water during last October's storm.
This was partly because the place was flooded with hard drugs, mainly heroin, allegedly made in illegal labs in the east.
Two million Muslims have flooded into Saudi Arabia's Mina Valley from Mecca for the start of the Hajj pilgrimage this week.
However director of the Northern Territory emergency services, Andrew Warton, warned people to take care in the aftermath, particularly of flooded waterways and power lines brought down by the cyclone.
Real estate markets have flooded with mainland money, making home ownership prohibitively expensive.
He'll also point out the Tesco opposite, where the toilets get flooded because rough sleepers from the park use them to wash.
Some of the flooded areas were on new developments along the riverbanks, atop mangrove forests that had once slowed the approach of seawater and could absorb excess water.
