Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ƙoƙarin farko na neman ƙasa a kudu maso yammacin Rhine-Meuse delta a Netherlands ya koma tsakiyar zamanai. Tun daga wannan lokacin, yankin ya fuskanci guguwa da yawa da matsanancin yanayi, daga cikinsu 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.