Coastal flood in Netherlands, 1999

Event details

ID pot_103013
Country Netherlands
Year 1999
Start date 1999-02-16
End date 1999-02-24
Flood source North Sea
Event Type Coastal
Area Flooded (km^2) 655113
Fatalities 233901
Persons affected 1534710
Regions affected (v2010) NL122, NL211, NL221, NL230, NL310, NL321, NL322, NL323, NL324, NL325, NL326, NL327, NL332, NL333, NL337, NL338, NL339, NL341, NL342
Regions affected (v2010) [Regions names] Zuidwest-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, Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen, Overig Zeeland
Losses (mln EUR, 2020) 245297578
Category C (no impacts)
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