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1953 North Sea flood, in the night of 31 January <unk> 1 February 1953, many dikes in the provinces of Zeeland, South Holland and North Brabant in the Netherlands were unable to withstand the combination of spring tide and a northwestern storm.<unk>1953 North Sea flood, in the night of 31 January <unk> 1 February 1953, many dikes in the provinces of Zeeland, South Holland and North Brabant in the Netherlands were unable to withstand the combination of spring tide and a northwestern storm.<unk>1953 North Sea flood, in the night of 31 January <unk> 1 February 1953, many dikes in the provinces of Zeeland, South Holland and North Brabant in the Netherlands were unable to withstand the combination of spring tide and a northwestern storm. The resulting flood killed 1,835 people.<unk> The resulting flood killed 1,835 people. 307 people were killed by dike breaches in the United Kingdom, in the counties of Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. In the Netherlands this flood was a main reason for the construction of the Delta Works, probably the most innovative and extensive levee system in the world.