Here is a 2007 article by Bruce Masse, an environmental archaeologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, asking "Did a Comet Cause the Great Flood?" A story of the universal human myth (*It's NOT a myth - Bridge of Sighs), may actually be the first example of disaster reporting. Let's read it.

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Among 175 flood myths, Masse found two of particular interest. A Hindu myth describes an alignment of the five bright planets that has happened only once in the last 5,000 years, according to computer simulations, and a Chinese story mentions that the great flood occurred at the end of the reign of Empress Nu Wa. Cross-checking historical records with astronomical data, Masse came up with a date for his event: May 10, 2807 B.C. "You can’t tell me that isn’t a comet" Discussing ancient petroglyph, scratched into a rock by a Native American shaman in New Mexico. "These stories are all exactly what you would expect from the survivors of a celestial impact"
Read more at the LINK: [link to discovermagazine.com]