<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-December 14, 1287, isikhukhula saseSt. Lucia sahlasela iNetherlands neJalimane, kwafa abantu abangaphezu kuka-50 000 kwesinye sezikhukhula ezibhubhisa kakhulu emlandweni. Isikhukhula saseSt. Elizabeth sango-1421 kanye nokuphathwa kabi ngemuva kwaso kwabhubhisa ipolder esanda kubuyiselwa, kwafakwa indawo yamanzi asezindaweni ezishisayo Biesbosch eningizimu-phakathi. Isikhukhula esikhulu soLwandle lwaseNyakatho ekuqaleni kuka-February 1953  <response>: kwabangela ukuwa kwamadamu amaningana eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeNetherlands; abantu abangaphezu kuka - 1 800 bagwinywa yileso sikhukhula. Kamuva uhulumeni waseNetherlands wasungula uhlelo olukhulu, i-Delta Works, lokuvikela izwe ezikhukhuleni zesikhathi esizayo, okwaqedwa esikhathini esingaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu. 