1607 Bristol Channel floods

1607 Bristol Channel floods
Contemporary depiction of the 1607 flood. The church is thought to be St Mary's at Nash, near Newport.
Meteorological history
Date30 January 1607
Overall effects
Fatalities2,000+ (est.)
Damage200 square miles (52,000 ha) (est.) of farmland destroyed
Areas affected

The Bristol Channel floods of 30 January 1607 drowned many people and destroyed a large amount of farmland and livestock during a flood in the Bristol Channel. The known tide heights, probable weather, extent and depth of flooding, and coastal flooding elsewhere in the British Isles on the same day all point to the cause being a storm surge rather than a tsunami.

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