I just heard a request for aid for the Netherlands mentioned on a 1953 broadcast of Dangerous Assignment.
Duration: 31 January - 1 February 1953
Fatalities: 2,551 killed
Damages: 9% of total Dutch farmland flooded, 30,000 animals drowned, 47,300 buildings damaged of which 10,000 destroyed
Areas affected: Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom
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I love how there are bits and pieces of history on the commercials on those shows.
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