Dutch villages evacuated after flooding

Al Jazeera English 2012-08-28

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A leaking dyke in northern Netherlands has forced some 800 people to leave their homes.

The army has been called in to assist the affected villagers in Groningen province.

Al Jazeera's Emma Hayward reports.

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