BRITISH FLOODS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12750, 4 January 1936, Page 2

BRITISH FLOODS

EXTENSION IN THE SOUTH SPORTS GROUNDS INUNDATED (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. Jan. 2. Floods iii many parts of .Southern England were. , further aggravated yesterday by heavy Tain- The extension of tho flooded area has become serious in many parts of the Thames Valley.

At, Windsor and 'Eton, the floods are the worst experienced since 1929, and tlie river, which at Windsor. Bridge is SQin. ahovci normal, is still rising The town of Eton is snrrtmnded by water, ,a.n,d the playing fields- of the college and tlie Windsor racecourse are under water. The weather forecast. is for continued heavy rain for the next 48 hours and gives cause for fear that the present flooding may become even more serious. Increasing numbers of roads are becoming impassable and hundreds of square miles of land are inundated. The total rainfall for the last ten days was 2.63 inches., while the standard average for the whole of the month of .1 an nary is only. 2.21 The increase in the rate of flow of

the Thames yesterday was 1,300,000,OOOgallons, bringing the rate for the 24 hours to, 8,800,000,000' .gallons. From Maidenhead clown to- Teddington there is a. general rise of' about Gin. in the river level and the flooding of riverside towns has caused many residents to- abandon their homes while others have to approach and leave by boat. Both road and rail traffic ore affected. ~