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Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as due to its low elevation, approximately two thirds of its area is vulnerable to flooding, while the country is densely populated. Natural sand dunes and constructed dikes , dams , and floodgates provide defense against storm surges from the sea.
The road was opened by the former queen, Princess Juliana on 5 November 1987, exactly 457 years after the St Felix Day's flood of 1530, which had washed away a large chunk of Zeeland, upstream of the new barrier's position. To facilitate the building, an artificial island, Neeltje-Jans, was created in the middle of the estuary. When the ...
Storm flood affecting all parts of the Netherlands. Much erosion of peat areas. St. Marcellus' Flood (Sint-Marcellusvloed). 1219 West Friesland and Groningen. 36,000 This was the 4th large flood in 50 years. This had enormous consequences on the development of the two large inner seas in the Netherlands, the Zuiderzee and the Waddenzee.
Water from the storm in the North Sea surged up the rivers causing the dikes to overflow and break through. The flood reached a large sea arm between south Holland and Zeeland (or Zealand), destroying the Grote Hollandse Waard. At the lower point where the flood water reached the city of Dordrecht is the point where flood water still remains today.
After the North Sea flood of 1953, it was decided to close off the Oosterschelde by means of a dam and a storm surge barrier.The Oosterscheldekering (Eastern Scheldt Storm Surge Barrier), between Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland, is the largest of 13 ambitious Delta Works designed to protect a large part of the Netherlands from flooding.
Netherlands Great North Sea Flood 1953 weather map Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at weather.com and has been covering national and international weather since 1996. Extreme and bizarre ...
Flood of the Geul in the centre of Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. In the Netherlands, the southern town of Valkenburg aan de Geul and other areas in the valley of the river Geul were worst affected. In Valkenburg, several streets in the town centre were flooded as well as an area to the west of the town centre where an emergency ...
England, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Schleswig >25,000: Storm surge 1404: St. Elizabeth's flood (1404) Netherlands: Storm surge 1421: St. Elizabeth's flood (1421) Netherlands: 2,000-10,000: Storm surge 1436: All Saints Day Flood of 1436: Germany >180: Storm surge 1530: St. Felix's Flood: Netherlands: many thousands: Storm surge 1570 ...