Andrew Tarantola —The Netherlands used to flood a lot. Rather than just grow gills and be done with the matter, the Dutch blew a bunch of cash on a massive set of levees, then added this monumental storm surge protector up front.
The $ 3.3 billion dollar Oosterscheldekering is the largest of the Netherland's 13 Delta Works dams. It's goal: to reduce flooding in the Southern part of the country to once every 10,000 years. The rest of the nation will get it once every 4,000. America will
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