FLOODS SUBSIDING.
RIVER LEVELS FALLING. THAMES TWO MILES WIDE. (British Official Wireless.) A. and N.Z. RUGBY, Jan. 6. Many of the rivers which had overflowed 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 the residents in towns along their banks. The situation in many parts is, however, still serious.
In the valley of the Thames tho crest of the floods has not yet reached the lower areas, 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 Cotswold Hills or heavy rains are experienced, a 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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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19838, 7 January 1928, Page 9
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