SERIOUS FLOODS IN THAMES VALLEY
HUGE AREAS UNDER WATER IBritish Official Wireless.] , (Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, January 2. Floods in many parts of Southern England, caused by rain and snow, were aggravated yesterday by heavy liains, and the extension of the 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 the river, which at Windsor Bridge is 4ft. 2in. above normal, is still rising. The town of Eton is surrounded by water and the playing fields of the college and the Windsor racecourse, are under water. The weather forecast is for continued heavy rain for the next 48 hours.
An increasing number of roads have become impassable and hundreds of square miles are inundated. The total-rainfall in the last ten days has been 2.63 inches, whereas the standard average for the whole of January is only 2.21. The increase in the rate of flow of the Thames yesterday was 1,300,000,000 gallons, bringing the rate for 24 hours to 8,800,000,000 gallons. From Maidenhead down to Teddington there has been a general rise of about six inches in the level, and the flooding of riverside towns has caused many residents to abandon their homes. Others ehter and leave by boat'.
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Northern Advocate, 3 January 1936, Page 6
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