Netherlands
On the night of 31 January – 1 February 1953 many dykes in the provinces of Zeeland, South Holland and Noord-Brabant proved unable to resist the combination of spring tide and a northwesterly storm. On both the islands and the mainland, large areas of country were completely flooded. Many people still commemorate the dead on 1 February.
Read more about this topic: North Sea Flood Of 1953
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