Today, the Netherlands reflects on the flood disaster of 1953. 1836 people died, tens of thousands of animals did not survive and large areas of Zeeland, North Brabant and South Holland were under water. At the KNMI in De Bilt they saw the storm coming. But the warnings were to no avail.
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70 years of flood disaster: Meteorologists in De Bilt warned of the storm with telex and telegrams
