- Type:
- Flood
- Date:
- January 6, 1928 CE
- Location:
- Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham, Wandsworth, Westminster and City of London, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Southwark, Lambeth, Bexley and Greenwich
- Deaths:
- 14
Other flood records of 1928 CE
- Lakonia, Messinia · 10 deaths
- Matera · 3 deaths
- Bolzano-Bozen · 3 deaths
- Venezia · 1 deaths
- Venezia · 1 deaths
- Como, Lecco, Brescia, Roma · 0 deaths
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- Dziennik Białostocki R.6January 6, 1928open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesJanuary 5, 1928open in archive ↗
Source: Paprotny, D. et al., HANZE v2 — Historical Analysis of Natural Hazards in Europe, Zenodo · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did Estuarine (Coastal) Flooding: United Kingdom (1928-01-06) (1928 CE) happen?
- January 6, 1928 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Paprotny, D. et al., HANZE v2 — Historical Analysis of Natural Hazards in Europe, Zenodo; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
- How many people died?
- Recorded estimate: 14. Historical death tolls vary by source.
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