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The North Sea Flood

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Last broadcast on Mon, 31 Jan 2011, 11:50 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

When a winter storm combined with high tides to breach sea defences in the Netherlands, over 1800 people drowned.

A survivor remembers the once in a lifetime flood.

Broadcasts

  1. Mon 31 Jan 2011
    00:50
  2. Mon 31 Jan 2011
    05:50
  3. Mon 31 Jan 2011
    08:50
  4. Mon 31 Jan 2011
    11:50

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