From Jan. 31 - Feb. 1, 1953, 72 years ago tonight, a powerful storm with high winds pushed a catastrophic surge of water from the North Sea into southern parts of the Netherlands. This surge of ...

The Duke of Edinburgh, perhaps more than most, has reason to recall the year. He said: "The events in 1953 are engraved on my memory and some of my most vivid recollections are of the great ...

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While many have heard of the disaster of the Herald, far fewer remember the loss of the Princess Victoria ferry 34 years earlier in the great storm of January 1953. On that occasion 133 people died, ...