The North Sea Tsunami: Britain’s Deadliest Disaster

Thousands of years ago, way before anyone ever stepped onto a football pitch, Britain and the surrounding areas experienced a natural disaster so enormous that it literally changed what the European landmass looked like. → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Source/Further reading: BBC: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160323-the-terrifying-tsunami-that-devastated-britain Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/tsunami-britain-atlantis-6200-bc-archaeology-a9622591.html Britannica, Storegga Slides: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Storegga-slides Older BBC article, but still some good details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12244964 Wave’s effect on Doggerland: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/archive/2020/scientists-find-new-evidence-of-massive-tsunami-that-devastated-ancient-britain-in-6200bc.php National Geographic, Doggerland: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2012/12/doggerland/ Current Archeology: https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/searching-for-the-storegga-tsunami-in-doggerland.htm Doggerland overview: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/maps/doggerland/ Maps of Doggerland: https://www.academia.edu/2480682/Mapping_Doggerland_the_Mesolithic_Landscapes_of_the_Southern_North_Sea Another map of Doggerland’s potential extent: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/05/doggerland-europes-lost-land/117925 Time Team Special - Britain’s Stone Age Tsunami: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBfy2_NyBVU Bristol Channel Floods (1607): https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/what-happened-bristol-hit-tsunami-3659686 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6311527.stm