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A deep North Sea depression combined with a high spring tide drove a destructive storm surge down the UK east coast and into the Netherlands. Sea defences were overwhelmed from Lincolnshire to the Thames Estuary; 307 people died in England and over 1,800 in the Netherlands. The disaster triggered the construction of the Thames Barrier and the Delta Works.
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