Storm tides of the North Sea

Northern Germany and Denmark are particularly susceptible to storm tides.

The coastline of the German Bight forms an L-shape facing northwest.

Also vulnerable are the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, where the sea shallows and is funnelled toward the English Channel.

Storm tides are a regular occurrence in the North Sea basin; several form each year.

[1] The flood of 1976 and the "North Frisian Flood" of 1981 brought the highest water levels measured to date on the North Sea coast, but because of sea defences such as improved warning systems and dikes built and modified after the flood of 1962, these led only to property damage.