LDS periodical says the Flood "swept the earth."
"Aversion to New Revelation," The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 55, no. 31 (July 31, 1893): 500
The children of Adam who heard His voice refused to believe His teachings when offering them the truths of the Gospel. Later, how many believed Noah in his declaration that the earth should be swept by the deluge? Yet those who lived in his day doubtless believed in the teachings of Adam while they scorned present revelation.