This part of the world is not known for natural disasters - but exactly 250 years ago, the so-called Great Flood that without warning engulfed the God-fearing folk of Tyneside must have felt like ...
In 2016, the Observer reported on the result of that rescue attempt. The Great Flood of 1916 killed dozens of people and caused $550 million in damages in 2016 dollars, the Observer reported in ...
One of the greatest on record, the St Elizabeth Flood of November 1421, cost 10,000 lives on the Dutch coast as 70 villages were submerged. The disaster of 1953 was caused by a coming together of ...
It was on this day, November 16, back in 1878, when what was then called the Great Flood struck causing death, destruction and misery. The people of Norwich has been assured that improvements to the ...