Print Email Facebook Twitter Performance of flood defences in the Netherlands during the 2021 summer floods Title Performance of flood defences in the Netherlands during the 2021 summer floods Author Koelewijn, André (Deltares) Pol, J.C. (TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk; HKV Lijn in Water B.V.) van Schaijk, Malou (ARCADIS Nederland) Date 2023 Abstract During the July 2021 Flood, the main flood defences along the River Meuse in the Netherlands performed well and did not breach. This paper is meant to document the various incidents on the flood defence system. As such, it provides an overview and description of the reported incidents related to flood defences, including a few breaches in minor flood defences. The incidents include overflow of embankments, sand boils, internal erosion at structures, and damage to a large weir and an outflow structure. Also, two local flood defences breached: an emergency embankment at Horn and an embankment in Roermond. During the event, the media reported on a dike breach at Meerssen/Bunde, however, after further investigation, it appeared that the concentrated outflow there was fuelled from a forgotten buried culvert. Subject flood defencesleveesfailuresemergency responsefield cases To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9b45debd-4178-498f-995f-1d8fd82c7b96 DOI https://doi.org/10.59490/jcrfr.2023.0007 ISSN 2772-767X Source Journal of Coastal and Riverine Flood Risk, 2 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2023 André Koelewijn, J.C. Pol, Malou van Schaijk Files PDF JCRFR_Vol._2_paper_7.pdf 2.52 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:9b45debd-4178-498f-995f-1d8fd82c7b96/datastream/OBJ/view