On the night of the 16th and 17th of February 1962, a powerful flood spilled over Hamburg. Storm front Vincinette had swept over the north German coast and pushed enormous amounts of water into the mouth of the Elbe, thrusting a flood wave of 5.7 meters above sea level towards the city’s flood protection systems. Around midnight, the Elbe broke through the dyke system at sixty locations.
- Germany
- 16-02-1962
