Saint Marcellus's flood or Grote Mandrenke ( Low Saxon : /ɣroːtə mandrɛŋkə/ ; Danish : Den Store Manddrukning , 'Great Drowning of Men') was an intense extratropical cyclone , coinciding with a new moon , which swept across the British Isles , the Netherlands , northern Germany, and Denmark (including Schleswig / Southern Jutland ) around 16 January 1362, causing at least 25,000 deaths. The storm tide is also called the "Second St. Marcellus flood" because it peaked on 16 January, the feast day of St. Marcellus . A previous "First St. Marcellus flood" had drowned 36,000 people along the coasts of West Friesland and Groningen on 16 January 1219.
4-810: An immense storm tide from the North Sea swept far inland from England and the Netherlands to Denmark and the German coast, breaking up islands, making parts of the mainland into islands, and wiping out entire towns and districts. These included Rungholt , said to have been located on the island of Strand in North Frisia , Ravenser Odd in East Yorkshire , and the harbour of Dunwich in Suffolk . This storm tide, along with others of like size in
8-764: The German Bight forms an L-shape facing northwest. Also vulnerable are the United Kingdom and the Netherlands , where the sea shallows and is funnelled toward the English Channel . Storm tides are a regular occurrence in the North Sea basin ; several form each year. Although most do not cause significant damage, the impact of some has been devastating. During one, the February flood of 1825 ,
12-554: The 13th century and 14th century, played a part in the formation of the Zuiderzee , and was characteristic of the unsettled and changeable weather in northern Europe at the beginning of the Little Ice Age . This article related to a specific weather event is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a flood is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Storm tides of
16-583: The North Sea Storm tides of the North Sea are coastal floods associated with extratropical cyclones crossing over the North Sea , the severity of which is affected by the shallowness of the sea and the orientation of the shoreline relative to the storm's path, as well as the timing of tides . The water level can rise to more than 5 metres (17 ft) above the normal tide as a result of storm tides . Northern Germany and Denmark are particularly susceptible to storm tides. The coastline of
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