Kammala wannan jumla: Ƙoƙarin farko na sake gina ƙasa a kudu maso yammacin Rhine-Meuse delta a Netherlands ya koma zuwa tsakiyar zamanai. Tun daga wannan lokacin, yankin ya fuskanci guguwa da yawa da matsanancin yanayi, daga cikinsu akwai
bala'in ambaliyar ruwa na 1953 wanda ya haifar da gina Delta Works. Gina madatsun ruwa, shinge da shinge na guguwa, da ƙarfafawa da ɗagawa na dikes a yankin, da farko sun ƙara aminci ga ambaliyar ruwa. Duk da haka, a tsawon lokaci, ƙasar da ke bayan dikes ya fara nutsewa wanda yake da matukar matsala a fuskar hawan teku.