What is 1953 North Sea flood?
{{Infobox flood | name = 1953 North Sea flood | image location = Watersnoodramp 1953.jpg | image name = Aftermath of the flood in [[Oude-Tonge]], [[Goeree-Overflakkee]], [[Netherlands]] | image size = 240px | duration = 31 January – 1 February 1953 | total damages = 9% of total Dutch farmland flooded, 30,000 animals drowned, 47,300 buildings damaged of which 10,000 destroyed | total fatalities = 2,551 | areas affected = Netherlands, [[Belgium]], [[United Kingdom]] }} On 31 January and 1 February 1953, large parts of the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]] and the [[United Kingdom]] were [[flood]]ed because of a storm.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-02-11|title=Ten pictures that show what flooding looked like in 1953|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/uk-weather-storms-1953-floods-norfolk-suffolk-essex|access-date=2021-10-03|website=Channel 4 News|language=en-GB}}</ref> Over 2,500 people were killed. ==References== <references/> {{Europe-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:North Sea flood, 1953}} [[Category:1953 in Europe]] [[Category:1950s in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:20th century in Belgium]] [[Category:20th century in the Netherlands]] <!--[[Category:Disasters in Belgium]]--> [[Category:Disasters in the 1950s]] <!--[[Category:Disasters in the Netherlands]]--> [[Category:Disasters in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Floods in Europe]] [[Category:1950s in weather]] <!--[[Category:North Sea|1953 flood]]-->