A STORM PASSES

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 13, 16 July 1923, Page 8

A STORM PASSES

: Reference to the report of the Meteorological Office published to-day shows that although the storm has not come south of Cook Strait, it has been severe in the northern and-in some of the East Coast.districts' during the past few days. The heaviest rain was recorded at Russell on Saturday and Sunday morning. Over .three inches of, rainfall was recorded in several places, with, continuous •stormy, weather. . . • .

Heavy rain was falling this morning at Gisborne, and it has been continuously showery, along the East Coast, particularly of the-North Island. It has also been drizzling and showery on the Ea3t .Coast of the South Island. The second .storm that is still developing to the west of New Zealand has neutralised the- storm effects from the cyclone, which is now passing away in the north. We.are not, it seems, quite ou'tW the wood yet with regard to this ' storm area, but it is'likely that'the east and sonth-east; gales will decrease to-mor-row and back to northerly for the development of a westerly area of low pressure, which will. al3O cause the weather to take up in the East Coast districts for a time. In the meantime, Mr. Bates forecasts unsettled and cloudy weather, with rain probable generally, and-snow on the high levels in the South Island. .