THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 69, 21 March 1916, Page 8

THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY.

! T>AMAOED,;BT,',wi^a l f:j - ■'• COOLER VVEATHERVA^jcrpj^The air for several hours:?yek*nW afternoon and evening- was'hearth- • charged with electricity, tl-e most vivid lightning: witnessed in Auckland for a lontftli : was seen during the kthunderttonV Strangely enough the-storm:'Wis accompanied by the'heavy rain wnitVu usually characteristic of athundeßtoVt until late in the evening. liarity was that thoughfthe>Wad?Sf from the north-cast,: the-sWnjST over the city and suburbs south to tbe opposite poihtof tne com pass, the lightning , disappear!** ';£''• gradually diminishing vividness 'towi»£ the north. - .';•-- >. -~7 i Although much of the of the kind known as " ous damage appears to ha»e by the storm in its passage over thiX and adjacent districts. V tramcars were admitted to the'E«ii depot in a disabled condition lastSSfr owing to electrical defects-but theioiS! age is reported as only slight. "TheSi fall in the city for the twenty.fouV.fciW ended at 9,30 o'clock this moriS? amounted to or less thana oaS' ter of an inch, hut much lieavie r ?rab was experienced at Devonport ! and' i I other outlying parts. At AvondaleMi rain was particularly heavy, seyeraPri!' sidents haying the floors; of-thelinhwSwfi flooded with-inches of water.- ' ' North Road was described as bein»lit. a river. A portion of: a, &; ' Georges Roadgave way m a and as a result of the.water a large hole was:formed'in, fte 1 rail i" way. One road was ' dent this morning as appearingas'tbo'u*"it had been ploughed,.an4.thiß rijorafe : gangs of men were employed.in.smoiit* mg the surface sufficiently .for.th" e \2fe' passage of traffic. Heavy rain was *& ' experiencd as far afield'as Oiielnii: and the lightning was also:verr-briSt and the flashes frequent. /: I^T The late meteorological, obserrer'hi " Auckland Mt. T. F, .CheesemaaV (curator of the Museum) ":\i opinion that a radical chknge ; in tfe weather conditions is probable: after Viterday's thunderstorm v - ana-'he r aitfti pates a . change of ;wiimv andic^Pweather generally. • -"Wf r ' '.'' - - - .--.--^fe