The Netherlands: Leaky Dikes. 3 minute read. TIME. October 7, 1966 12:00 AM GMT-4. Hans Brinker, Holland’s storybook skating whiz, needn’t hock the silver skates — not yet.

Farmland reclaimed from the sea and protected by dikes near Rotterdam in May. The Netherlands is the world’s No. 2 exporter of farm products, after the United States.

Firefighters and volunteers worked overnight to reinforce dikes in northern and eastern Germany ... Towns reinforce dikes as heavy rains send rivers over their banks in Germany and the Netherlands.

In 2021, the Municipality of Roosendaal began collaborating with MVRDV as an urban development consultant. The firm's partner, Winy Maas, was subsequently appointed as urban advisor, conforming a ...

Within the now-enclosed Boston Harbor Bay, auxiliary dikes would need to be built, ... "Sea-Level Rise: Could The Netherlands’ Polder System Work in the U.S.?" 18 Feb 2022.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Firefighters and volunteers worked to reinforce dikes against rising floodwaters in northern and eastern Germany as heavy rains falling on already soaked ground pushed ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Firefighters and volunteers worked to reinforce dikes against rising floodwaters in northern and eastern Germany as heavy rains falling on already soaked ground pushed ...