THE WEATHER.

Evening Star, Issue 8715, 6 January 1892, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

The rainfall in the City of Wellington since the beginning of the year—five days ago—has been 4 05in, of which 3.40 in was registered yesterday. The weather has now cleared up. A heavy storm was experienced at Nelson on Monday night, and the residents of the Waitnea describe it as the heaviest thunderstorm ever known in the district. The lightning at times was very vivid, while the rain descended In torrents. The Wai-iti and its tributaries rose rapidly and was soon in high flood. A great deal of damage was done to the roads and standing crops.' The approach to Wai-iti Bridge, near Foxhill, was partly washed away, and traffic is stopped. A number of small bridges and culverts have been destroyed. The Midland Railway works at Belgrove suffered greatly by the flood. The crops of grain and hop gardens have been much injured. The rain continued at Ashburton with but little cessation till ten o'clock yesterday morning. Great damage has been done to the heavy crops, which are laid beyond recovery. The ught crops are not much injured, A correspondent of the 'Oamarn Mail* states that at Awamoko the hailstorm of last Thursday consisted of lumps of ice two or three inches in size, and in a very short apace of time the ice lay upon the road some three or four feet deep, from the hillside it rolled down in great masses, and completely filled the water race. Some of Mr Aitohison’s crop was threshed very badly, and in Mr Maoleod’a ground it wrought complete havoc—destroying potatoes, mangolds, and everything else, and leaving the whole place a perfect wreck. Next morning the ice was lying three feet deep at the back of Mr Mooleod’s.