Other areas previously untouched such as the small towns of IJzendijke and Hugevliet were engulfed and destroyed during the flood.
When the flood occurred many were killed and homes destroyed due to the poor warnings.
This time, a complete spit that was home to a number of small towns such as Ijzendijke and Hugevliet, which were spared in 1375, was engulfed during the flood.
After this calamity John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (Jan zonder Vrees) gave the command to link all the dikes already existing into one large dike which ran from the north of the county to the south.
Since Jan zonder Vrees was also count of Flanders, this dike is still named Graaf Jansdijk [nl].