St. Lucia's flood
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St. Lucia's flood (Sint-Luciavloed) was a
This disaster was similar to the North Sea flood of 1953, when an intense European windstorm coinciding with a high tide caused a huge storm surge. The St. Lucia flood had a major influence on the subsequent history of the Netherlands. As a result of this event, a vast percentage of the country's population was wiped out.[3]
Creation of Zuiderzee
The name
Netherlands (West-Frisia and Frisia proper)
Much land was permanently flooded in what is now the
The island of
The only part of the current northwestern Netherlands, apart from the western
In Germany (mostly East Frisia)
The
In England
Although not known by the name of St. Lucia, the same storm also had devastating effects on the other side of the North Sea in England. It killed hundreds of people in England,[4] e.g. in the village of Hickling, Norfolk, where 180 died and the water rose a foot above the high altar in the Priory Church.[5]
The storm is one of two in 1287 sometimes referred to as a "Great Storm". The other was the South England flood of February 1287. Together with a surge in January 1286,[6] they seem to have prompted the decline of one of England's then leading ports, Dunwich in Suffolk.
See also
- Floods in the Netherlands
References
- Gevaar van water, water in gevaar uit 2001 ISBN 90-71736-21-0
- Buisman, Jan, Duizend jaar weer, wind en water in de Lage Landen (Deel 1: tot 1300), ISBN 978-90-5194-075-6
Notes
- ^ "Sint-Luciavloed", Wikipedia (in Dutch), 2021-03-25, retrieved 2021-12-13
- ^ Goolsby, Abe. "1287: St. Lucia's Flood Transformed the Netherlands". RFD. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Zuiderzee floods". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "1287 - A Terrible Year for Storms". VillageNet. 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ^ "Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Hickling". A History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. 2. 1906. pp. 383–386. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ISBN 978-0-00-728463-4.