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Saint Marcellus's flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.

Saint Marcellus's flood

Storm surge in the North Sea, in 1362

Saint Marcellus's flood or Grote Mandrenke was an intense extratropical cyclone, coinciding with a new moon, which swept across the British Isles, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Denmark around 16 January 1362, causing at least 25,000 deaths. The storm tide is also called…
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North Sea

Marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean

The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north. It is more than 970…
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January 16

Day of the year

January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 349 days remain until the end of the year.
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