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Storm tide

A storm tide is a tide with a high flood period caused by a storm. Storm tides can be a severe danger to the coast and the people living at the coast. The water level can exceed more than 5 m above the normal tide.

For the protection from storm tides, long and high dike systems had been built, especially in the Netherlands, northern Germany and Denmark.

Big storm tides were in