WEATHER IN BRITAIN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20892, 5 December 1929, Page 10

WEATHER IN BRITAIN

RAIN AND HIGH WINDS. HEAVY SEAS IN CHANNEL. (British Official Wireless.) (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) RUGBY, December 3. (Received Dec. 4, at 6.5 p.m.) Rain and high winds, with gusts ranging between 50 and 60 miles an hour, occurred yesterday over the British Isles, the bad weather being due to one of the deepest Atlantic depressions observed for the last B 0 years. In the English Channel high seas ran and cross-Channel boat services were maintained with difficulty. Lifeboats from Weymouth to Swanagc and two tugs’ from Portland put out, and ships in the Channel altered their courses in answer to an S.O.S. from the steamer Canadian Transport, but a change in the wind enabled her to clear the danger zone. An oil tanker which had lost her rudder in the storm was towed into Falmouth by two Dutch tugs. Fishing fleets and small craft kept to harbour during the day. RIVERS OVERFLOWING. MANY AREAS AFFECTED. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 3. (Received Dec. 4, at 6.5 p.m.) Heavy rains, particularly in the west of England, aggravated the flood situation in many parts, as almost all the rivers have now overflowed their banks. Low-lying areas in the upper reaches of the Thames are extensively flooded.