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Disasters with highest death tolls

St. Lucia's Flood

Sunday Dec 14, 1287
Holy Roman Empire

St. Lucia's flood (Sint-Luciavloed) was a storm tide that affected the Netherlands and Northern Germany on 14 December 1287, the day after St. Lucia Day, killing approximately 50,000 to 80,000 people in one of the largest floods in recorded history.


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