Iriqoius Indians, Aztecs (not 100% sure which people/group,maybe Mayan) also have virtually the same historical tales of some such event. Don’t know what it means but it was eerie to hear it related.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_flood_myths
http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-creation-story.html
The fourth sun - Water Sun (Nahui Atl)
The Aztec creation story continues... This time the gods selected Tlaloc’s sister to be the sun. She was Calchiuhtlicue. But filled with jealousy, Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl struck down the sun. As she fell, the sky opened up and water flooded the earth. All things were destroyed again.
In the darkness between the suns, Quetzalcoatl descended into the underworld to bring up the bones of the dead. They would be used to bring to life the people who are now here.
http://www.bigorrin.org/archive33.htm
During the era of the fourth sun, the Sun of Water, the people grew very wicked and ignored the worship of the gods. The gods became angry and Tlaloc, the god of rains, announced that he was going to destroy the world with a flood. However, Tlaloc was fond of a devout couple, Tata and Nena, and he warned them of the flood. He instructed them to hollow out a great log and take two ears of corn-one for each of them-and eat nothing more.
So Tata and Nena entered the tree trunk with the two ears of corn, and it began to rain. When the rains subsided and Tata and Nena’s log landed on dry land, they were so happy that they caught a fish and ate it, contrary to the orders of Tlaloc. It was only after their stomachs were full that they remembered Tlaloc’s command.
Tlaloc then appeared to them and said, “This is how I am repaid for saving your lives?” They were then changed into dogs. It was at this point, where even the most righteous people were disobedient, that the gods destroyed the world, ushering in the present era of the Fifth Sun.