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374 Black Star
Like a Knife Gutting Edam Cheese, Flood Waters Slice a Peaceful Village Asunder
Dikes at Papendrecht, 27 miles from the sea, succumbed to the swollen Merwede River. Here the scouring
current pours into lowlands behind the dike. Workers with sandbags try to keep the breach from widening.
