St. Lucia's flood

St. Lucia's flood

St. Lucia's flood (Sint-Luciavloed) was a massive flood that affected the Netherlands and Northern Germany on December 14, 1287 (the day after St. Lucia Day) when a dike broke during a storm, killing approximately 50,000 to 80,000 people in the fifth largest flood in recorded history. Much land was permanently flooded in what is now the Waddenzee and IJsselmeer. It especially affected the north of the Netherlands, particularly Friesland. The Griend disappeared almost completely under the waves. The name Zuiderzee dates from this event, as the water had merely been a shallow inland lake when the first dikes were being built, but rising North Sea levels created the "Southern Sea" when floods including this flood came in.

External links

* Map of [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/central_europe_1180.jpgCentral Europe in 1180 AD] (pre flood)
* Map of [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/central_europe_1360.jpgCentral Europe in 1360 AD] (post flood)

References

# Gevaar van water, water in gevaar uit 2001 ISBN 90-71736-21-0

ee also

*Floods in the Netherlands


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