Just before the mouth of the Geeste is a storm surge barrier beneath the Kennedy Bridge , which was completed in 1961 – just in time for the North Sea flood of 1962 . Without the barrier part of Bremerhaven would have been flooded ' from behind ' over the low dykes of the Geeste . An estimate of the flood damage which would have been caused if the Geeste barrier in Bremerhaven owned/built by EGA Essen had failed projected the number of inhabitants who would have been affected as 10,860 at a cost of about 1,837 million euros and probable flood damage of about 247 million euros . This roughly 250 million euros would probably not have been covered by insurance because the flooding would have been a consequence of a storm surge , which counts as an act of God
North Sea flood of 1962
North Sea flood of 1962
Geeste (river)