Quote Originally Posted by Shadotterdan View Post
I would lean towards blaming aether, but not so much that it gathered up water. If you have aether strongly aspected towards water it just creates water. After the calamity, the aether was unaspected and the water disappeared.
This is also what I believe to be the most likely explanation. When a Conjurer casts a water spell they literally create water from aether. It stands to reason that the Elementals are capable of the same.