Cika wannan jumla: Mafi yawan tsibirin ya kasance
ambaliyar ruwa a 1953, sakamakon yanayi na musamman wanda ya shafi yawancin Netherlands da gabashin gabashin Ingila. Ana sa ran babban ruwa a Southend zai kasance sama da matsakaicin matakin teku a karfe 1:30 na safiyar ranar Lahadi 1 ga Fabrairu. Haƙiƙa ruwa ya tashi sama da matsakaicin matakin teku, wanda ya kasance sama da matakin haɗari ga wannan ɓangaren gabar Essex. Wannan matakin a cikin kansa ba haɗari bane ga tsibirin, kamar yadda aka ɗaga ganuwar teku da ƙarfafa tsakanin 1951 da 1952 ta Ofishin Yaki, kuma sun kasance sama da matsakaicin matakin teku. Duk da haka, ruwan sama ya kasance tare da iska mai ƙarfi, yana haifar da manyan raƙuman ruwa, wanda ya karya a saman tsaro, yana wanke bankunan ƙasa a gefen ciki na ganuwar. Sassan bangon biyu sun lalace, daga Rugwood Head zuwa Asplin's Head a gabashin tsibirin, kuma kusan zuwa yammacin Foulness Point a arewacin tsibirin. Da karfe 6:00 na safe, mafi yawansu yana ƙarƙashin ruwa, kuma an yanke gas, wutar lantarki da hanyoyin tarho. Kokarin ceto a ranar Lahadi ya kasa kaiwa Foulness.