Boarded up, Moldy: Enschede Neighborhood Can't Overcome Flooding

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That it would rain heavily exactly one year ago today was no surprise to residents of Enschede. It had been a wet month, and the weather forecast for July 21st was no different. But that the water would lap through the streets and make dozens of houses in the Stadsveld and Pathmos neighborhoods uninhabitable was a disaster scenario no one expected. Local resident Floris Penders also saw his belongings floating through the house and onto the stre…