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Storm flood affecting all parts of the Netherlands. Much erosion of peat areas. St. Marcellus' Flood (Sint-Marcellusvloed). 1219 West Friesland and Groningen. 36,000 This was the 4th large flood in 50 years. This had enormous consequences on the development of the two large inner seas in the Netherlands, the Zuiderzee and the Waddenzee.
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 Netherlands has a long history of such floods. ... Less than three weeks after the flood, the Dutch government assembled a committee and in 1954 the Delta Works project, a new network of storm ...
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 ...
Floods started in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland on 14 July 2021 after record rainfall across western Europe caused multiple rivers to burst their banks. [15] The European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) issued alerts of life-threatening floods in advance, which, although very vague, were delivered to national authorities. [16]
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 ...
Also the organisation of the polder governing board was regulated in details. In the first years there were 28 tenants on Koezand. They did not prosper. Floods did all during the first years and much land was lost. Afterwards followed a hard fight to save the island. In 1276 the tenants could no more produce the costs of the dike.
St. Peter's flood (Dutch: Sint-Pietersvloed, German: Petriflut) refers to two separate storm tides that struck the coasts of Netherlands and Northern Germany in 1651. During the first storm tide, on 22 February, the East Frisian island of Juist was split in two. During the second disaster, on 4–5 March, the city of Amsterdam was flooded.