Dutch North Sea flood - a podcast by BBC World Service
from 2023-01-10T10:00
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In 1953, a winter storm combined with high tides breached sea defences in the Netherlands, more than 1,800 people drowned.
Ria Geluk, remembers the once-in-a-lifetime flood.
In this programme first broadcast in 2011, Ria tells Trish Flanaghan what happened when water overwhelmed the farm she lived on.
(Photo: A man walking a flooded street. Credit: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. )
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