RIVERS SUBSIDING
THE FLOODS IN ENGLAND EASING OF HARDSHIPS POSITION STILL SERIOUS IN SOME PARTS. (British Official Wireless.l (Received 6, 12.30 p.m.) Rugby, Jan. 5. Many of the rivers which have overflown their banks are now subsiding, and yesterday there was a marked fall in the levels of the rivers OUse, Nene, Wey and Lea, with an easing of the hardships of residents in the towns along their banks. The situation in many parts is, however, still serious. In the valley of the Thames the erest of the floods has not yet reached the lower arms, and the wide expanse under water was further extended last night near the source of the river. However, the levels have fallen, and, unless there is a further heavy thaw in the Cotswolds or heavy’ rains are experienced, continued improvement may now be looked for between Reading and Maidenhead.
The width of the Thames varies from 200 yards to at least two miles in some of the lower reaches.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 21, 6 January 1928, Page 5
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