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A storm surge, sent up the River Thames by a depression in the North Sea on 7 January 1928, saw the moat at the Tower of London fill for the first time in 80 years. Floodwaters engulfed some of the capital’s most historic buildings, including the Houses of Parliament. The flood also hit much of the city's poorest and most crowded basement dwellings. Fourteen people died and many became homeless after the tidal surge.
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