Accidents - Disasters - Fires - Floods - Tragedies
Feb. 02, 1953 - Holland's Worst Floods For Four Hundred Years. Buildings Up The Dykes Near Rotterdam. Photo shows The scene as civilians battle to build up the dykes racing against time and the ever rising waters in the Rotterdam area during the worst flood in the Netherlands for over four hundred years. Up to last night more than 138 people were known to have lost their lives and hundreds are still missing. The floods threaten to undo the reclamation work of three centuries
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13162921
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46155738
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5358px x 3883px
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Keystone Pictures USA
