Flood of large proportions, although today used for any natural disaster affecting a vast territory. It comes from the latin cataclysmus, which takes the Greek word x3BA; x3B1; x3C4; x3B1; x3BA; x3BB; x3B9; x3C3; x3BC; x3BF; x3C2; ("flood by rain or Avenue" kataklysmos) composed of x3BA; x3B1; x3C4; x3B1; (kata, "down, down") and x3BA; x3BB; x3B9; x3C3; x3BC; x3BF; x3C2; (klysmos, "wet, raining").
