NATURAL DISASTERS - 1953 Floods in the East Coast of England
Feb. 2, 1953 - Canvey Island, Essex, U.K. - Aerial view of Canvey Island, showing hundreds of houses surrounded by water during the flood disaster of 1953. In the early hours of the morning of February 1 millions of tons of salt water broke through the dykes protecting low-lying Canvey from the sea and foamed through streets of sleeping residents. Fifty-eight people died - the worst single British casualty figure in a tragedy which killed 1, 932 people along the English and Dutch North Sea coasts
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13163225
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46142200
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4000px x 2944px
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Broke Canvey Casualty Coasts Dykes Fifty-eight Hundreds Millions Protecting Residents Tons Worst
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