The first recorded storm tide flood was the '' Julianenflut '' , on 17 February 1164 . In its wake the Jadebusen , ( a bay on the coast of Germany ) , began to form . A storm tide in 1228 is recorded to have killed more than 100,000 people . In 1362 , the Second Marcellus Flood , also known as the '' Grote Manndrenke '' , hit the entire southern coast of the North Sea . Chronicles of the time again record more than 100,000 deaths as large parts of the coast were lost permanently to the sea , including the now legendary lost city of Rungholt . In the 20th century , the North Sea flood of 1953 flooded several nations ' coasts and cost more than 2,000 lives . 315 citizens of Hamburg died in the North Sea flood of 1962
North Sea flood of 1953
North Sea flood of 1953
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