RIVERS IN FLOOD
TARANAKI DOWNPOUR. (Per Press Assoclatlon.-'-Copyright.) NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. A continuous downpour, aggregating three inches to seven inches over a period of 34 hours on Sunday and yesterday, caused the highest floods in living memory in the North Taranaki rivers. No serious damage is reported, but the rivers reached unprecedented levels. Many low-lying areas were submerged. The main road north at Uruti was three £eet .under water in one place. The Waiwakaiho River reached a peak of 18 feet of flood water. Public Works employees had hastily to abandon their camp, the tents being flood on +j a depth of two feet. The flood undermined a pole carry ing high tension wires at W litara, ana some of the eastern portVns of Now Plymouth were plunged into darkness. The New Plymouth Boys’ High School’s boxing championships in the Coronation Hall were delayed for three-quarters of an houi. The rain had practically ceased at 7 o’clock last night, and the district was then shrouded in a heavy fog.
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Northern Advocate, 3 November 1931, Page 3
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