Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 14 ga Disamba, 1287, ambaliyar St. Lucia ta shafi Netherlands da Jamus, inda ta kashe mutane fiye da 50,000 a cikin ambaliyar ruwa mafi lalacewa a tarihin da aka rubuta. Ambaliyar St. Elizabeth ta 1421 da kuma rashin kulawar da ta biyo baya sun lalata sabon polder da aka dawo da shi, ya maye gurbinsa da "Biesbosch" ambaliyar ruwa a kudu-tsakiya. Babbar ambaliyar Tekun Arewa a farkon Fabrairu 1953
ya haifar da rushewar wasu dams a kudu maso yammacin Netherlands; fiye da mutane 1,800 sun nitse a ambaliyar. Daga baya gwamnatin Netherlands ta kafa wani babban shiri, "Delta Works", don kare kasar daga ambaliyar ruwa a nan gaba, wanda aka kammala a cikin shekaru fiye da talatin.