North Sea flood of 1953

When

31 Jan 1953 – 1 Feb 1953

Kind

Flood

Coordinates

51.57° N, 3.75° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, North Sea flood of 1953.

The North Sea flood of 1953 kills 1,836 people in the southwestern Netherlands (especially Zeeland), 307 in the United Kingdom, and several hundred at sea, including 133 on the ferry in the Irish Sea.

31 January–1 February storm surge

The North Sea flood of 1953, also known as the Big Flood or East Coast Flood or as the Flood Disaster, was a flood caused by a heavy storm surge in the North Sea that struck low-lying coastal areas of the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. More than 2,000 people were killed on land and hundreds more at sea.

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