The night of January / 31 to February / 1 1953.

During this night The Netherlands were hit by a flood dissaster.

A severe north-westerstorm roaring across the Northsea and the Netherlands.

The province of Zeeland, the islands of South-Holland and the south-west corner of the province of North-Brabant were hit very heavily.

The tragic balance of this flood dissaster indicated that 1835 people had drowned and thousands of cattle also met the same fate. Thousands of buildings were destroyed or damaged and thousands of people had to find accommodations elsewhere.

In world-history probably not such a serious disaster, but in the villages where 10% of the population drowned, it was considered a disaster of major proportions.

This Website chiefly covers Stavenisse, a village located on the western point of the island of Tholen.

In this village 153 people drowned. That is roughly 9% of the population.

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