St. Marcellus's Flood drowns the German coast
January 1362
A North Sea storm surge breached dikes from Frisia to Jutland, drowning entire parishes and reshaping the coastline overnight. The lost city of Rungholt, of later legend, vanished beneath the sea. Tens of thousands died. Northern Europe was learning that a warming climate's end brought stormier weather.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.