It was exactly twenty-five years ago that large parts of Delfland, including in Westland and Midden-Delfland, were completely flooded by heavy rainfall. Growers saw their crops drowned, and roads were impassable. How do we prevent this from happening again? Rodi asked grower Rinus Noordam, among others, this question. The expansion of his greenhouse did not go ahead because of the rainfall. His crop was not lost. That of other growers was.
"You could no longer tell the difference between land and ditch"