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Prime Minister Dick Schoof issued a statement expressing shock at the disaster and extending sympathies to victims and emergency responders. [ 2 ] Mayor of The Hague Jan van Zanen stated that the likelihood of finding additional survivors was minimal following initial rescue efforts, telling the community to be ready for the "worst case scenario".
Allegory of the Disaster Year by Jan van Wijckersloot (1673): In this allegorical painting, a young Orangist shows a regent, wearing a nightcap, an allegorical drawing.In this drawing, the Dutch lion is pictured inside a Dutch garden [] or "Hollandic Yard", a traditional symbol for the safety and integrity of the province of Holland adorning many of its public buildings.
Initial assessments by experts suggest that the cranes used were adequate for the task, and the disaster was attributed to a broken lifting point. [ 12 ] The victims of the collapse included two individuals not affiliated with the Royal BAM Group, one employed by Belgian construction company Aertssen and the other of Polish nationality.
The Dutch government estimated 1,835 people and 182,000 animals died from the floods in the Netherlands, alone. ... dikes and levees that could prevent another 1953 disaster, began. Forty three ...
The Netherlands' highest court on Wednesday ruled that a major carbon capture project might have to be halted because it did not meet European environmental guidelines, dealing a potential blow to ...
Disasters in the Netherlands by year (32 C) * Disasters in the Dutch Caribbean (6 C) E. Emergency management in the Netherlands (1 C, 5 P) F. Fires in the Netherlands ...
Lack of good dikes was an important cause of this flood disaster. This flood is also described in the Annales Xantenses. 1014 Thousands For the first time the partially closed coast line of the Netherlands was breached. Walcheren suffered a particularly large amount of damage. It took years before people managed to get their lives back on track.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (Reuters) -Chinese state-backed cyber spies gained access to a Dutch military network last year, Dutch intelligence agencies said on Tuesday, calling it part of a trend of ...