Almost 500 breaches were punched in flood-control dikes, allowing the North Sea to spill into Zeeland, South Holland and North Brabant provinces. By Feb. 1, about 770 square miles of southern ...

In 1170, the All Saints Flood hit large parts of the northern Netherlands and Holland, forming the islands of Wieringen and Texel and opening a sea channel from the North Sea into lake Flevo, creating ...

Despite some flooding along Britain's North Sea coast, authorities said the peak of the surge had passed without major incident. The UK Environment Agency warned of "extreme danger to life and ...

Its primary purpose is to protect millions of people from flooding and to prevent the inflow of water from the North Sea during high tides. Every year, around three billion cubic meters of water ...

Show more In 1953, a winter storm combined with high tides breached sea defences in the Netherlands, more than 1,800 people drowned. Ria Geluk, remembers the once-in-a-lifetime flood. In this ...

In a recent German broadcast, [ii] a certain Major Hollinger explained the method of flooding used in these and other areas of Holland. At 8 a.m. on February 1, 1944, he said, the sluice-gates of all ...

On the night of 31 January 1953, a wall of water surged from the North Sea, over-topping sea defences and leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake. A massive storm brought devastation ...

Exhibitions exploring the impact of the flooding are also taking place in Mablethorpe and at the North Sea Observatory in Chapel St Leonards Elsewhere, events have been taking place to mark the ...