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Jan. 1, 1926. Rhine Floods.—The river began to rise rapidly on Dec. 27, and by Jan. 1 stood 32 feet above normal low water at Cologne, the highest level of the Rhine on record. Three-quarters of the town was under water, which stood 13 feet above the river banks. Great damage was done by the Rhine, Scheldt, and Maas in Holland; dykes burst, and wide areas of low ground were flooded. The floods were caused by heavy rain on the hills coinciding with high winter temperature and the melting of the snows.
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Historic Natural Events. Nature 125, 32–33 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125032a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/125032a0