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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.
1996 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows China: 1996 2,566 1953 Japan flood (1953 Northern Kyushu flood and 1953 Wakayama flood), mainly Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Wakayama, Kizugawa, massive rain, flood, mudslide Japan: 1953 2,400 [citation needed] North Sea flood, storm surge Netherlands: 838 2,379 [citation needed] 1988 Bangladesh ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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