The flood has covered the highest mark of January '53, and is still rapidly rising.
The rain had abated, but floods of water still covered the ground.
It's worth noting that the flood of 1990 covered an area larger than Germany.
Large floods covered Yosemite Valley in 1937, 1950, 1955, and 1997.
Noah built and filled the boat as he was told, and a flood covered the whole world.
In May 1973, a flood covered the entire village.
Taking the description at the very least, the flood covered a vast area, the "whole world" of man's early history as recounted in Genesis 2ff.
Only a rim showed; some other flood had almost covered it with sand.
The smaller floods would fill up the low lying area and would also cover some of the streets.
A particularly severe flood in September 1944 covered 470,000 hectares, with great loss of life and property.