What led to the building of the Delta Works in the south-west of the Netherlands?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. The North Sea flood of 1953
- Step 1: The works were a response to a disaster. Step 2. That disaster was the 1953 flood. Answer: the 1953 flood. Why not the others: The Zuiderzee flood of 1916 and the Rhine floods of 1995 did not cause that many deaths, and the Walcheren flooding of 1944 was a wartime act.
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