Timeline Sunday 1 February 1953

Events on Sunday 1 February 1953 2

• 1953 North Sea Flood of 1953 Storm surge devastates coastal Europe A severe storm surge breached sea defenses along the coasts of the Netherlands, England, and Belgium, killing well over 1,800 people, most of them in the Netherlands. The disaster prompted the Dutch Delta Works, a massive flood defense engineering program. It remains one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern Dutch history.
• 1953 North Sea Flood The Watersnoodramp A catastrophic North Sea storm surge floods Zeeland and South Holland, killing more than 1,800 people and prompting the Delta Works — among the largest flood-defence projects in history.