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> water flowed toward Amsterdam unnoticed

I'm glad we in tech are not the only ones that deal with these kind of monitoring issues.

It wasn’t unnoticed at all. Basements and streets flooded, water up to the windows.

And good luck with your insurance. Although now they should at least be same to claim it from the gov

I think you misinterpreted the photo in the article. The photo is of a canal with adjacent houses.

The Jordan was flooded. I think the Anjelierstraat. The relatively new buildings of the Marnixstraat survived the water that was up to the windows

I don't know these places. The parent comment talked about flooded streets which from reading the article does not seem to have happened. Do you think the article misrepresents that situation or am I missing something?

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