SEVERE STORMS AT SAMOA
GALES AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. FISHES KILLED BY FRESH WATER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Several severe storms have been experienced in western Samoa, writes the Samoan correspondent of the Press Association from Apia. The most violent visitation was on January 6 and the two following days. Many native houses were damaged by a. fierce wind and torrential rain.
The density of the rain was so great that objects could not be discerned across the street. Twelve inches fell during two days. In some districts the tops of coconut trees were twisted off and other trees were blown down. Cocoa and banana plants suffered badly, many being, uprooted. At Falelatai thousands of fish were washed up on the beach, apparently having been killed by a strong current of fresh water which filled the lagoon inside the reef, a tremendous amount of fresh water flowing from the hills into the lagoon.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 February 1933, Page 7
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