Floods in Netherlands in 50’s

•The North Sea flood of 1953 (Dutch: Watersnoodramp: 'the flood disaster'). On the night of 31 January – 1 February 1953 there was a big storm which came from northwest and a large areas of country were totally flooded. People weren’t warned about the storm so a lot of them died.

CasualtiesPeople were very scared and there was a huge chaos. There were 1 835 casualties and more than 70 000 people were evacuated. Flood covered 9 % of the farmland and sea water inundated 1 365 km². 30 000 animals died. 47 300 buildings were damaged because of the water. Many people still commemorate memories of people which died on 1st February.

Damages

47 300 buildings were damaged because of the water. The biggest floodings were on the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland, Tholen, Sint Philipsland, Goeree-Overflakkee, the Hoeksche Waard, Voorne-Putten and Alblasserwaard. It was one of the biggest and worst floodings in the Netherlands.

Consequences

The damage costs 450 million Euro. Because of these disasters the goverment was made to do safety measures. They were discussing about it for a long time and they have made project Delta Works which is very useful.