Around 5 million years ago, the Zanclean Megaflood filled the dry Mediterranean Sea with Atlantic Ocean water, carving a trench through the Strait of Gibraltar ...

Imagine the Mediterranean Sea dried up. Then imagine the Atlantic refilling it in less than two years. That seems to be what happened 5 million years ago.

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

It's probably the largest flood in our planet's history.

A dramatic and cataclysmic event occurred over 5 million years ago, when water from the Atlantic Ocean surged through the ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

A new study provides the clearest evidence yet of the Zanclean megaflood, a geological event so immense it may have unleashed more water than any flood in Earth’s history. Moving at speeds of up ...