Contemporary depiction of the 1607 flood. The church is thought to be St Mary's at Nash, near Newport.[1]
Meteorological history
Date
30 January 1607
Overall effects
Fatalities
2,000+ (est.)[2]
Damage
200 square miles (52,000 ha) (est.) of farmland destroyed[2]
Areas affected
Bristol Channel
Severn Estuary
The Bristol Channel floods of 30 January 1607[a] drowned many people and destroyed a large amount of farmland and livestock during a flood in the Bristol Channel area of the UK. The known tide heights, probable weather, extent and depth of flooding, and coastal flooding elsewhere in the UK on the same day all point to the cause being a storm surge rather than a tsunami.
^"1607, a true report of certaine wonderfull ouerflowings of waters, now lately in Summerset-shire, Norfolke, and other places of England : destroying many thousands of men, women, and children, ouerthrowing and bearing downe whole townes and villages, and drowning infinite numbers of sheepe and other cattle – Yale University Library". collections.library.yale.edu.
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