Coastal flood in Netherlands, 1975

Event details

ID pot_102961
Country Netherlands
Year 1975
Start date 1975-12-31
End date 1976-01-06
Flood source North Sea
Event Type Coastal
Area Flooded (km^2) 1322159
Fatalities 254619
Persons affected 1957677
Regions affected (v2010) NL111, NL112, NL113, NL121, NL122, NL123, NL211, NL221, NL230, NL310, NL321, NL322, NL323, NL324, NL325, NL326, NL327, NL332, NL333, NL337, NL338, NL339, NL33A, NL341, NL342, NL411, NL412
Regions affected (v2010) [Regions names] Oost-Groningen, Delfzijl en omgeving, Overig Groningen, Noord-Friesland, Zuidwest-Friesland, Zuidoost-Friesland, Noord-Overijssel, Veluwe, Flevoland, Utrecht, Kop van Noord-Holland, Alkmaar en omgeving, IJmond, Agglomeratie Haarlem, Zaanstreek, Groot-Amsterdam, Het Gooi en Vechtstreek, Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage, Delft en Westland, Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek, Oost-Zuid-Holland, Groot-Rijnmond, Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland, Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen, Overig Zeeland, West-Noord-Brabant, Midden-Noord-Brabant
Losses (mln EUR, 2020) 184039481
Category C (no impacts)
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