BRABANT FIGHTS AGAINST WATER
SUNDAY 29
JANUARY
The water in the Bommelerwaard
has reached as high as 7,50 meters above the NAP. This is higher than during the
flood of 1993.
It means the start of the
latest alert phase for the inhabitants of the Bommelerwaard: they must prepare
to evacuate.
In total, 46000 people have to
leave their houses.
Most don't wait until they
have to go and they leave before the final evacuation.
They are mostly going to
relatives or friends.

They try to save the A2 but it was to late
Then the A2 (a very important
highway in Holland) by Den Bosch is in danger of
the flood. With an emergency
dike people try to prevent it, but it is too late.
In Kent there were problems
too; nobody could leave or enter the villages by car.
People who wanted to leave
Kent to the villages needed a helicopter or a boat.
Next day.