Den Anden Store Manddrukning

'In the evening a great storm and bad weather rose from the southwest out of the sea. The wind began to blow so hard that no sleep could touch our eyes. When we had been lying in bed for about an hour my son said to me, 'Father, I feel water dripping into my face.' The waves were rising up at the sea dike and onto the roof of the house. It was a very frightening sound.'\n\nA sudden storm tide has struck the coast of Slesvig and Dithmarschen, overrunning dikes, and covering the entire North Frisian countryside in water. As water levels rise thousands of people are killed or displaced. Entire islands and settlements have been washed away by the waves never to be seen again.