I’m not going to try to put a square peg in a round hole, but scientists come across stuff from roughly 9000 years ago (give or take a few thousand) and they see extinct animals in a Flooded cave and ... there is just no chance in Hell that they will say, “Evidence of the Great Flood? It’s one thing we’re looking at ...”
No. No they aren’t saying that. They would never say that. Because the first premise of modern science is “There is no God”.
New evidence? Why would new evidence make a scientist re-think his premises? [/s]
The water level in the caves is related to the sea level in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. After serious cataclysm around 13,000 ya, a long (1,000 year) cold period called the Younger Dryas stopped the thawing of the Ice Age. Sea level probably fell again, and when things finally started thawing again, the sea level rose, and the water table (fresh water inland) rose also. There may have been other “Great Floods” but this was probably not it.