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The Essex deluge.
- Source :
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New Statesman . 1/25/2019, Vol. 148 Issue 5455, p44-47. 4p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The article discusses the massive floods that took place in January 1953 along the east coast of England caused by an unusual tidal surge, citing the 1959 book "The Great Tide: The Story of the 1953 Flood Disaster in Essex" by Hilda Grieve. Various reasons for the high number of casualties caused by the flood are discussed.
- Subjects :
- *FLOODS
*DISASTERS
*DISASTER relief
20TH century British history
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13647431
- Volume :
- 148
- Issue :
- 5455
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Statesman
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 134314839