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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Compiled by Richard Nelsson

North Sea flood devastates large areas of low-lying Europe – archive, 1953

Stellendam after the devastation left by a flood on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee in the Netherlands.
Stellendam after the devastation left by a flood on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee in the Netherlands. Photograph: Reg Burkett/Getty Images

Dutch dikes wrecked: worst havoc in 400 years

2 February 1953

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