In Germany as well as in many other countries, images of extreme floods often found their way on postcards. Here is a selection of postcards. (click on the image to find the online source)
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/postkarte-fuerth-hochwasser-1909-1024x654.jpg)
1909
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/postkarte-Ahrtal-hochwasser-1910.jpg)
1910
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Postkarte-Heidelberg-Hochwasser-1914.jpg)
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Postkarte-Heidelberg-Hochwasser-hinten-1914-edited.jpg)
1914
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/m20230412141536_lv102101939RichardPilz2023.jpg)
1920
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/postcard_rhein_1920.jpg)
1920
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/postkarte-dresden-hochwasser-1929.jpg)
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/postkarte-dresden-hochwasser-hinten-1929.jpg)
1929
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/postkarte-dresden-hochwasser-2002-1-300x225.jpg)
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/postkarte-dresden-hochwasser-hinten-2002-1-300x225.jpg)
2002
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Postcard-Tokyo-Scenes-of-the-floods.jpg)
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/postcard-Tokyo-Scenes-of-the-floods_back-side.jpg)
undated postcard from Tokyo, Japan
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Postcard-Panama-Hochwasser.jpg)
![](http://polisea.postproduktion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Postcard-Panama-Hochwasser-hinten.jpg)
undated postcard from Panama, probably 1924