On the night of 20 October 2023, the Baltic Sea coast experienced the worst storm surge in 150 years - harbours such as Schilksee and Damp resembled a battlefield, over 150 yachts sank and hundreds were destroyed. Reconstruction cost more than 200 million euros and is still ongoing to this day. Two years on, we take stock: what happened on that night of horror, how did the reconstruction go, and are we better prepared for the next flood of the century?
