FLOODS IN GERMANY
THOUSANDS OF ACRES UNDER, WATER, OBEiRAAIMERGAU MAY BE ISOLATED. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) BERLIN, May Id. The upper Rhine has risen seven feet in 12 hours as a result of 1(10 hours’ torrential rains. Rivers and Lakes in Southern Germany are Hooded. Thousands of acres of land are under water. The inhabitants fear they will be compelled to leave their villages, especially in the Black Forest, where the streams are higher than during the great floods of 1882 and 1896. The Baden Government is already organising relief for the homeless. Oberammergau, where the Passion Play was attracting tens of thousands of people, is threatened with isolation. Several local liners already are under water, while the incessant rain is spoiling the performances. The River lsar has reached the level of the 1924 disaster.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 17 May 1930, Page 9
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