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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:disaster_response
gptkb:dam
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gptkbp:affectedArea
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gptkb:Essex
gptkb:Lincolnshire
gptkb:Norfolk
gptkb:Kent
gptkb:South_Holland
gptkb:Zeeland
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gptkbp:cause
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wind
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gptkbp:consequence
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gptkb:Delta_Works
Thames Barrier
improved flood defenses
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gptkbp:damaged_infrastructure
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bridges
railways
roads
dikes
farmland
sea walls
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gptkbp:date
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31 January – 1 February 1953
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gptkbp:deaths_in_Belgium
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28
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gptkbp:deaths_in_Netherlands
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1,836
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gptkbp:deaths_in_United_Kingdom
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307
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gptkbp:highest_water_level
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over 5.6 meters above mean sea level
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gptkbp:homes_destroyed
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over 47,300
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The 1953 North Sea flood
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:notable_rescue_effort
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:treaty
local volunteers
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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massive property damage
widespread power outages
international response
large-scale evacuations
breach of 150 dikes in the Netherlands
major impact on flood management policy
telecommunications failures
thousands of livestock killed
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gptkbp:people_evacuated
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over 70,000
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gptkbp:victim
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over 2,500
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:20th-century_England
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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