piet15.gif (6448 bytes)The disaster of '53How did the flood happenSuch a disaster in your countryThe mediaGeologyThe DeltaworksWhat's changedGuided TourSearch over the siteHelpExtra stuffWho built this site, and how.

And now... in your country

Such a disaster in your countryCities in AmericaCities in EuropeCities in AfricaCities in AsiaCities in Australia

sydney.jpg (15252 bytes) Sydney
City in the east of Australia, and is also the capital of the state New South Wales. It’s a port and has got 3,7 million inhabitants

3 700 000 villagers in Sydney, at the flood of 1953 in the Netherlands 2,5 % of the Dutch population died. That would be 92 500 dead in Sydney. That's 245 x the number of dead that drowned at the sink of the Titanic.

92 500