GALE AND FLOODS.
DAMAGE IN BRITAIN. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, Nov. 2. Large areas of country throughout England and Wales are flooded as the result of; fifteen hours of continuous rain during the week-end. Severe damage is reported in the agricultural districts. Floods in AVales, Shropshire, Devonshire, and Worcestershire isolated many farms and threaten heavy loss of stock. A gale, which, reached seventy miles an hour in velocity, seriously affected coastivise shipping. INVASION BY THE SEA. WATER SURROUNDS HOUSES. SERIOUS FLOODS IN FRANCE. ' . . PARIS. Nov. 2. A gale in the Channel coincided with a particularly high tide at the estuary ort/w? an( l the sea invaded 80,(XX) acres of land, with the result that .hundreds of houses are more oi less in the sea. ; ' Serious floods are reported throughout the country. ",
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 November 1924, Page 5
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