Today in History

December 14, 1287

St. Lucia's Flood

On December 14th, 1287, an enormous storm tide hit the coast of Germany and the Netherlands. The dike system designed to protect the low-lying lands broke. Estimates are that some 50,000 people were killed in one of the largest floods on record. Land in what is now Waddenzee was permanently flooded.

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