Beschreibung: | 5569753 (9053) Feb 02, 1953; Canvey Island, Essex, UK; Aerial view of Canvey Island, England, showing hundred of houses surrounded by water during the flood disaster of 1953. In the early hours of the morning of February 1, 1953, millions of tons of salt water broke through the dykes protecting low-lying Canvey from the sea and foamed through streets of sleeping residents. Fifty-eight people died - the worst single British casualty figure in a tragedy which killed 1,932 people along the English and Dutch North Sea coasts. [SPERRVERMERKE BEACHTEN | PLEASE CHECK RESTRICTIONS! Nutzung nur mit Genehmigung und gegen Honorar, Beleg, Namensnennung und zu unseren AGB. Nur zur redaktionellen Verwendung. Honorare an: KEYSTONE Pressedienst, www.keypix.de] (©) Copyright 1953 by KPA |