February flood of 1825

However, because the levees in the East Frisian area had been raised significantly in many places in the preceding years, the number of casualties, about 200, was smaller than it might have otherwise been.

The reaction at national level was quite similar to that during the Flood of 1953,[2] but the former event was surprisingly quickly forgotten once the damage had been repaired and had no political or engineering consequences.

The disaster of 1953 finally allowed a law on Delta Works to be passed for a significant improvement of coastal protection.

The flood has been recorded in the Diary of Jan Kruys, by the first Mayor of the town of Vriezenveen, Overijssel (1767-1830): "The 4th and 5th of this month have been disastrous for numerous residents of this province, as well as many others abroad.

"The Groningen epidemic of 1826, probably caused by a rare outbreak of malaria tropica, was partly the result of the extensive floods and has also been described by Jan Kruys in his diary.