Storm Event
Severity ?
2
Source
No known sources of information.
Pathway
No known sources of information.
Receptor and Consequence
This event was associated with major storm surge that lasted for about 36 hours affecting North Sea (Kraker, 2006). This event was known as St. Elisabeth’s Flood and regarded as one of the great storm surges that caused damage in England along the Thames Estuary (Gottschalk, 1975). Coastal flood was also reported impacted Kent severely with many drowned (Lamb, 1977).
Summary Table
| Loss of life | Many drowned in Kent. |
| Residential property | * |
| Evacuation & Rescue | * |
| Cost | * |
| Ports | * |
| Transport | * |
| Energy | * |
| Public services | * |
| Water & wastewater | * |
| Livestock | * |
| Agricultural land | * |
| Coastal erosion | * |
| Natural environment | * |
| Cultural heritage | * |
| Coastal defences | * |
*No known sources of information available
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References
- Kraker, A. M. J. D. (2016). ‘Flood events in the southwestern Netherlands and coastal Belgium, 1400-1953’. Hydrological Sciences-Journal-des Sciences Hydrologiques, 51(5). Available at: https://www.historiedekraker.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/Literatuur/De_Kraker_-_Floods__HSJ-paper_.pdf (Accessed: 20 June 2019).
- Gottschalk M. K. E. (1975). Stormvloeden En Riveroverstromingen In Nederland Deel 2 – De Period 1400-1600. Assen: Van Gorcum.
- Lamb, H. H. (1977). Climate. Past, Present and Future: Volume 2 – Climatic History and the Future. London: Metheum, 835pp.