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Where the storm flood of 1170 made a beginning, this storm worsened it, washing away large peat areas. The result of this storm was destruction of peat areas in West Friesland and enlarging the Waddenzee and the Almere which became the Zuiderzee. 1212 North Holland: 60,000 1214 Storm flood affecting all parts of the Netherlands. Much erosion of ...
Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as due to its low elevation, approximately two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding, while the country is densely populated. Natural sand dunes and constructed dikes , dams , and floodgates provide defense against storm surges from the sea.
The 1953 floods were mentioned in detail in the drama film Flood (2007). In 2009 a Dutch action drama titled De Storm (The Storm) was released. In 2018 a Dutch documentary titled Stormvloed in De Schelphoek ("Storm surge in the Schelphoek") was released. The book The Little Ark by Jan de Hartog, published in 1953, depicted the flood. It was ...
The Dutch government estimated 1,835 people and 182,000 animals died from the floods in the Netherlands, alone. Netherlands Great North Sea Flood 1953.
List of floods in the Netherlands; A. All Saints' Flood (1170) All Saints' Flood (1570) C. Christmas Flood of 1717; F. February flood of 1825; Flood of 1916; G. Grote ...
A near-contemporary painting depicting the St. Elizabeth's flood. The St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421 was a flooding of the Grote Hollandse Waard, an area in what is now the Netherlands. It takes its name from the feast day of Saint Elisabeth of Hungary which was formerly 19 November.
An area of land with 33 villages and the town Torum. Drowned when the Dollart formed in 1277. Some of the villages may have drowned later. Before the flood, the river Ems looped north of the village of Nes, which survived on an island which is now part of the north bank of the Ems. Some of the area has been empoldered since.
England, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Schleswig >25,000: Storm surge 1404: St. Elizabeth's flood (1404) Netherlands: Storm surge 1421: St. Elizabeth's flood (1421) Netherlands: 2,000-10,000: Storm surge 1436: All Saints Day Flood of 1436: Germany >180: Storm surge 1530: St. Felix's Flood: Netherlands: many thousands: Storm surge 1570 ...