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A levee failure during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

A breach in a dike during the North Sea flood of 1953.

A levee breach or levee failure (also known as dyke breach or dyke failure) is a situation where a levee (or dyke) fails or is intentionally breached, causing the previously contained water to flood the land behind the levee.