page_title: Storm tides of the North Sea
section_title: Major storm tides
hierarchical_section_title: Storm tides of the North Sea / Major storm tides
caption_attribution_description: English: 'The Great Storm Novber 26 1703 Wherein Rear Admiral Beaumont was lost on the Goodwin Sands... Beaumont's Squadron of Observation off Dunkerque'. No.25.
context_page_description: Storm tides of the North Sea are coastal floods associated with extratropical cyclones crossing over the North Sea, the severity of which are affected by the shallowness of the sea and the orientation of the shoreline relative to the storm's path, as well as the timing of tides. The water level can rise to more than 5 metres above the normal tide as a result of storm tides.
  Northern Germany and Denmark are particularly susceptible to storm tides. The coastline of the German Bight forms an L-shape facing northwest. Also vulnerable are the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, where the sea shallows and is funnelled toward the English Channel.
  Storm tides are a regular occurrence in the North Sea basin; several form each year. Although most do not cause significant damage, the impact of some has been devastating. During one, the February flood of 1825, the Danish coastline changed, as the North Jutlandic Island became separated from the Jutland Peninsula.
context_section_description: 838, December 26, Netherlands, more than 2,400 deaths
  1014, September 28, Netherlands, several thousands of deaths
  1099, November 11, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states, that in London "On the festival of St Martin, the sea flood sprung up to such a height and did so much harm as no man remembered that it ever did before".
  1164, February 16, Saint Juliana flood, Netherlands and Germany, several thousands of deaths
  1170, November 1, All Saints' Flood, Netherlands, marks beginning of creation of Zuiderzee
  1206, Netherlands, 60,000 deaths
  1219, January 16, Saint Marcellus flood, Netherlands and Germany, 36,000 deaths struck West Friesland
  1248, a year with three storm tides in The Netherlands with major inundations
  1277, Netherlands and Germany, formation of Dollart
  1277, Netherlands and Germany, formation of Lauwerszee
  1282, Netherlands, separates island of Texel from mainland
  1287, December 13, Saint Lucia flood, Netherlands, formation of Waddenzee and Zuiderzee, 50,000–80,000 deaths. Major impact on Cinque Ports in England.
  1288, February 5, Saint Agathaflood, Netherlands, several thousands of deaths
  1322, Netherlands and Belgium, Flanders loses all coastal islands, many deaths especially in Holland, Zeeland and Flanders
  1334, November 23, Netherlands, several thousands of deaths
  1362, January 16, Grote Mandrenke (big drowner of men) or Saint Marcellus flood, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, created a great part of the Wadden Sea and caused the end of the city of Rungholt; 25,000 to 40,000 deaths, according to some sources 100,000 deaths
  1404, November 19, first Saint Elisabeth flood, Belgium and Netherlands, major loss of land
  1421, November 19, second Saint Elisabeth flood, Netherlands, storm tide in combination with extreme high water in rivers due to heavy rains, 10,000 to 100,000 deaths
  1424, November 18, third Saint Elisabeth flood, Netherlands
  1468, Ursula flood, should have been more forceful than second Saint Elisabeth flood
  1477, first Cosmas- and Damianus flood, Netherlands and Germany, many thousands of deaths
  1530, November 5, St. Felix's Flood, Belgium and Netherlands, many towns disappear, more than 100,000 deaths
  1532, November 1, All Saints flood, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, several towns disappear, many thousands of deaths
  1570, November 1, All Saints flood, Belgium and Netherlands, several towns disappear, more than 20,000 deaths
  1571–72, unknown date, marine flooding on the Lincolnshire coast between Boston and Grimsby resulted in the loss of "all the saltcotes where the best salt was made".
  1634, October 11–12, Burchardi flood, broke the Island of Strand into parts (Nordstrand and Pellworm) in Nordfriesland
  1651, February 22 in Germany, March 4–5 Netherlands, St. Peter's Flood
  1663, December 7, The diarist Samuel Pepys noted "the greatest tide that ever was remembered in England to have been in this river, all Whitehall having been drowned."
  1686, November 12, Saint Martin flood, Netherlands, 1586 deaths
  1703, December 7, Great Storm of 1703, England, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, many thousands of deaths
  1717, December 24, Christmas flood 1717, Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia, more than 14,000 deaths
  1810, November 10, In Boston, Lincolnshire up to 10 deaths are thought to have occurred in the town due to a storm surge.
  1825, February 3–5, February flood of 1825, Germany and Netherlands, 800 deaths
  1916, January 13–14, Zuiderland flood Netherlands, 16 casualties and ~300 km2 flooded around the Zuiderzee this flood led to the construction of the Afsluitdijk, creating the IJsselmeer.
  1949, January 8, Storm disturbance in the North Sea.
  1953, January 31 – February 1, North Sea flood of 1953, most severe in the Netherlands, leading to the Delta Works, 2533 deaths
  1962, February 16–17, North Sea flood of 1962, flooded one fifth of Hamburg and claimed 315 lives
  1976, January 3–4, Gale of January 1976
  1978, January 11–12, 1978 North Sea storm surge, East coast of England.
  1981, November 24–25, North Frisian Flood, severe surge with dike breaches in Denmark.
  1982, December 19, the lar
caption: The Great Storm of 1703
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