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Vlissingen.

Today exactly 55 years ago. The North Sea flood of 1953 and the associated storm combined to create a major natural disaster which affected the coastlines of the Netherlands and England on the night of 31 January – 1 February 1953. Belgium, Denmark and France were also affected by flooding and storm damage.

A combination of a high spring tide and a severe European windstorm caused a storm tide. In combination with a tidal surge of the North Sea the water level locally exceeded 5.6 metres above mean sea level. The flood and waves overwhelmed sea defences and caused extensive flooding.

Officially, 1,835 people were killed in the Netherlands, mostly in the south-western province of Zeeland. 307 were killed in the United Kingdom, in the counties of Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. 28 were killed in West Flanders, Belgium.
Date Taken on 30 August 2007, 16:01
Source Harbour Entrance Vlissingen
Author FaceMePLS
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vlissingen, nederland, the netherlands, facemepls, nikon d200, westerschelde, watersnood, 1 februari 1953, zeeland, overstroming, eerbetoon, springvloed, noordwesterstorm, de verdronkene, margriet de moor, dijkdoorbraak, abigfave, impressedbeauty, haven

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