Land Van Maas en Waal Commemorates the 1926 Flood: 'the Dike Has Been Breached'

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The Land van Maas en Waal region commemorates today the major floods that struck the area exactly one hundred years ago. In some places in the river area, water reached a height of up to 5 meters. More than 10,000 people fled. Miraculously, no one died during the flood, reports Omroep Gelderland. But the damage was enormous. Around a thousand houses, about a quarter of the total, were swept away. The commemoration began this morning with a gathe…