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Nederlands: Luchtfoto van het overstroomde dorp Oude Tonge op Goeree-Overflakkee tijdens de Watersnoodramp van 1953. Foto gemaakt vanuit een U.S. Army helicopter.
English: Netherlands. Viewed from a U.S. Army helicopter, gives a hint of the tremendous damage wrought by the flood to Dutch islands.
NB Original caption ("Zuid Beveland town") was a false determination of the location, it is actually Oude-Tonge on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee.
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North Sea flood of 1953

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