North Sea flood of 1953

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flood natural disaster storm surge

The North Sea flood of 1953 was a catastrophic storm surge that inundated coastal areas around the North Sea, particularly in the Netherlands and eastern England, causing extensive damage and loss of life and prompting major improvements in flood defenses.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
North Sea flood of 1953 canonical 9
1953 North Sea flood 2
1953 North Sea flood disaster 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flood ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
surface form: North Sea Flood

North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
surface form: Watersnoodramp 1953
areaInundatedNetherlands over 150000 hectares ⓘ
cause extratropical cyclone ⓘ
high spring tide ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ
strong northwesterly winds ⓘ
countryAffected Belgium ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
currencyDamageEstimateNetherlands over 1 billion guilders ⓘ
deaths over 2500 ⓘ
deathsAtSea over 200 ⓘ
deathsInNetherlands over 1800 ⓘ
deathsInUnitedKingdom over 300 ⓘ
dikeBreaches over 150 in the Netherlands ⓘ
displacedPeople over 70000 ⓘ
economicDamage severe ⓘ
endDate 1953-02-01 ⓘ
hasEffect destruction of infrastructure ⓘ
long-term changes in flood risk management policy ⓘ
loss of life ⓘ
widespread inundation of low-lying coastal areas ⓘ
housesDestroyedNetherlands over 10000 ⓘ
ledTo Coastal Flood Warning System in the UK ⓘ
Delta Plan ⓘ
Delta Works ⓘ
Thames Barrier planning ⓘ
changes in land-use planning in low-lying areas ⓘ
major improvements in British coastal defenses ⓘ
modernization of Dutch dike system ⓘ
livestockLostNetherlands over 200000 animals ⓘ
location Belgium ⓘ
East of England ⓘ
surface form: East Anglia

England ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Thames Estuary ⓘ
notableFor one of the most severe storm surges in the North Sea in the 20th century ⓘ
one of the worst natural disasters in modern Dutch history ⓘ
pointInTime 1953 ⓘ
startDate 1953-01-31 ⓘ
timePeriod night of 31 January to 1 February 1953 ⓘ
waterLevelRise more than 5 metres above mean sea level in some areas ⓘ
worstAffectedRegion Essex ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
South Holland ⓘ
Zeeland ⓘ
surface form: province of Zeeland

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → significantEvent → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
Zeeland → historicalEvent → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
North Sea flood of 1953 → alsoKnownAs → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watersnoodramp 1953
North Sea flood of 1953 → alsoKnownAs → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea Flood
Delta Works → follows → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea Flood of 1953
Haringvlietdam → builtAfter → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
Oude-Tonge → wasAffectedBy → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
Oude-Tonge → hasEvent → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1953 North Sea flood disaster
Delta Committee → establishedAfter → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1953 North Sea flood
Delta Committee → addressedEvent → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1953 North Sea flood
Zandkreekdam → builtAfterEvent → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
Stormvloedkering Hollandse IJssel → builtAfter → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
Oosterscheldekering storm surge barrier → inspiredByEvent → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
subject surface form: Oosterscheldekering
Southwestern Netherlands → historicallyAffectedBy → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
Canvey Island → historicalEvent → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ
this entity surface form: major North Sea flood of 1953
Jaywick → majorFloodEvent → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ