The flooding of Zeeland “Watersnoodramp“ (NL) in 1953 as never seen before in color! [AI] Part-1

In the night of Saturday 31 Januari to Sunday 1 February 1953, the Netherlands witnessed one of its worst disasters in recent history. This disaster is refered to in Dutch as “De Watersnoodramp“ or “De Februariramp“, and initially was also known as the St. Ignatius flood or Beatrix flood. The flood was the result of a combination of severe storm from the northwest, with an unfavorable coincidence of high tide and spring tide. As a result, the water in the funnel-shaped southern North Sea rose to extreme heights. The highest water level in 100 years was measured in Flushing, Hoek of Holland, IJmuiden and Harlingen, respectively , , and meters higher than Normal Amsterdam Level (NAP). Many dikes were flooded and breached. Entire islands and regions including towns and villages were flooded. In total 1836 people perished, 300 farms and 3000 homes were totally destroyed. No less than 3000 farms and homes were severely damaged. hectares of fertile farmland were innundated. At the time the total damage was estimated at 1.5 billion Dutch Guiders (over 6 Billion Euros in today’s money). The original films have been motion-stabilized, restored, enhanced and colorized by means of the latest Artificial Intelligence video software. Please watch Part-2 of this series about the “Watersnoodramp“ with Dutch commentary here: