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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
1953 North Sea flood disaster	1
North Sea Flood	1
North Sea Flood of 1953	1
Watersnoodramp 1953	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 (8)

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

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

Haringvlietdam → builtAfter → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ

Delta Works → follows → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea Flood of 1953

Oude-Tonge → hasEvent → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1953 North Sea flood disaster

Zeeland → historicalEvent → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → significantEvent → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ

Oude-Tonge → wasAffectedBy → North Sea flood of 1953 ⓘ