Risk of severe flooding persists 70 years on from deadly tidal wave in Netherlands • FRANCE 24
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- In 1953, a gigantic storm swept across the North Sea and caused a tidal wave in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK. Many dykes controlling water levels were simply swept away as the water spread far inland. While more than 300 people died in the UK, over 1,800 lost their lives in the Netherlands. At the time, around a fifth of the Netherlands was below sea level. More than 2,000 square kilometres of land were flooded there, including almost the entire province of Zeeland. Protective structures have since been created. But will they be sufficient to hold back the expected rise in sea levels due to climate change? FRANCE 24's Alix Le Bourdon reports.
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As a 9 year old from Amsterdam that was the year we emigrated to Canada, but my grandma's house was 6feet underwater in Dordrecht
"The largest flood in the history..." um no. Perhaps in the 20th century, but in centuries past floods have been orders of magnitude worse, costing between 50,000 to 100,000 lives EACH.
No risk, no reward.
People of Zeeland...please come and live in ....New Zealand. We have hills so no worries about sea rise....just a few earthquakes and rowdy locals.
The problem with New Zealand being ofcourse that its infrastructure follows the North American model.
@@therealdutchidiot all the more reason the import those who have a different attitude.
@@rh4331 Yes, but Dutch people don't like living in hellholes like that. Brits might be fine with it though.
Bro its not that bad come here no problem with us here
@@therealdutchidiotNew Zealand is by no standards a hellhole.
It's a fascinatingly wonderful people, beautiful surroundings and fairly prosperous.
I'd never change, but New Zealand is definitely a top rank destination.
this is not climate change, that province of the netherlands has ALWAYS been prone to floods because it's a delta region. if you look at the geological history of Zeeland you'll see those islands/peninsulas have dramatically changed over the last 500 years due to floods from both the sea AND from rivers coming from in-land.
We can literally, year after year, see our climate changing.
It's warmer, with more periods of drought, and more periods of heavy precipitation.
And luckily we're wise enough to ignore climate change denial...
We simply MUST adapt to rising sea levels, whether it'll be severe or little...we have no option but to prepare for the possibility.
@@Snaakie83 lol, wise enough to ignore climate change... even if there was, you seem to have forgotten how Balkenende neglected the delta funds on dikes, dams and dunes in the 2000s. Rutte has never re-instated what Balkenende neglected. People have completely forgotten about this. So even IF a catastrophy were to happen, it will be blamed on climate change instead of neglected that was made years ago.
@@sirdigitalcake1769 What you're forgetting here is that the water authorities determine the budgets, not the national government.
@@therealdutchidiot nope, you're wrong
@@sirdigitalcake1769 Except for the fact it's my job to know.
History shows humans like to live in disaster areas.
Pity the last ice age ended rendering the Dogger bank uninhabitable
Ah well, most of it lies just 30 meters under water ...we could start building submerged cities if needed. If it ever becomes feasible we'd be able to add an immense area of habitable room.
(Jokingly aside, 30 meter is considered fairly habitable).
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