HURRICANE IN LONDON.
SCENES OF HAVOC.
ROADWAY NEARLY CARRIED AWAY BY TORRENTS.
LONDON, Sept. 12.
During the night London was swept by a phenomenal thunderstorm. The wind attained a velocity of forty-five miles an hour. The rainfall was the heaviest since June 1917 two inches being recorded in some placee. It is calculated the fall over the metropolitan police district totalled sixty-seven million tons of water.
The parks were strewn with branches of trees and the roadway in Rotten Row was nearly carried away by torrents. The storm was severe on the ■'oast. Many houses were flooded and damaged. Orchards in Kent were stripped of fruit. The hurricane left a trial of havoc over a wide area.—A. and N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6183, 14 September 1921, Page 5
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