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North Sea flood of 1953

Took place on January 31, 1953

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The 74th anniversary falls on January 31, 2027, in 98 days.

The North Sea flood of 1953, also known as the Big Flood or East Coast Flood (in England) or as the Flood Disaster (Dutch: Watersnoodramp), was a flood caused by a heavy storm surge in the North Sea that struck low-lying coastal areas of the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.

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