HEAVY RAIN IN SUVA

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26662, 22 February 1952, Page 7

HEAVY RAIN IN SUVA

FALL OF TWO INCHES AN HOUR

®ec. 10 p.m.) SUVA, Feb. 21. Floodwaters covered low-lying parts Of Suva and many hurricane repair jobs had to be suspended after 2 o’clock to-day when the latest of ® n almost daily series of heavy thunderstorms was followed by a tropical downpour In mid-afternoon the rain was “Hing at an estimated volume of more “ian two inches an hour. Partly-re-P® lr ed houses were flooded and •de deluge broke through hurricaneweakened spots in many other bulldogs- Streets in central Suva were so dark that throughout the afternoon all traffic used headlights. At 4.30 p.m., parts of Victoria Par“de> the town’s main thoroughfare, were covered with fast-flowing water. 5°P le nervously watched barometers as the result of reports of a new low pressure area developing near the New Hebrides. The Weather Office, how♦«e#’ state< l there was as yet no reason . r a hurricane in Fiji. B^*r^ay the island of Rotuma, 200 "lues north of Viti Levu, was shaken by a sharp earthquake, but no damage Wa * reported.