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Kolen, B. (author), Slomp, R. (author), Van Balen, W. (author), Terpstra, T. (author), Bottema, M. (author), Nieuwenhuis, S. (author)
On the 28th of February 2010 at 2 a.m. the storm Xynthia hit the French Atlantic coast. The storm surge combined with the high tide and large waves caused flood defences to fail along the coastline from the Gironde (Bordeaux) to the Loire Estuary. A significant amount of land, (>50 000 ha) was consequently flooded and 47 people died as a result...
report 2010