An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Channel" id="mwIw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bristol Channel">Bristol Channel</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Estuary" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Severn Estuary">Severn Estuary</a> in England are destroyed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1607_Bristol_Channel_floods" id="mwJQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1607 Bristol Channel floods">massive flooding</a>, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.<sup about="#mwt25" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_30#cite_note-3" id="mwJg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwJw">[3]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"><cite about="#mwt22" class="citation journal cs1" id="CITEREFBryantHaslett2002">Bryant, Edward; Haslett, Simon (2002). <a class="external text" href="http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1100&amp;context=scipapers" id="mwBog" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Was the AD 1607 Coastal Flooding Event in the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel (UK) Due to a Tsunami"</a>. <i id="mwBok">Archaeology in the Severn Estuary</i> (13): 163–167. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISSN_(identifier)" id="mwBoo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a><span id="mwBos" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1354-7089" id="mwBow" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">1354-7089</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt22" class="Z3988" id="mwBo0" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Archaeology+in+the+Severn+Estuary&amp;rft.atitle=Was+the+AD+1607+Coastal+Flooding+Event+in+the+Severn+Estuary+and+Bristol+Channel+%28UK%29+Due+to+a+Tsunami&amp;rft.issue=13&amp;rft.pages=163-167&amp;rft.date=2002&amp;rft.issn=1354-7089&amp;rft.aulast=Bryant&amp;rft.aufirst=Edward&amp;rft.au=Haslett%2C+Simon&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fro.uow.edu.au%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1100%26context%3Dscipapers&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+30"></span></span>