SEVERE WEATHER.
A HEAVY RAINFALL. CONDITIONS IN HAMILTON. NEARLY AN INCH RECORDED. After several days of dull, wet weather, the warm sunshine of Saturday morning gave promise of a flue week-end, and this appeared to be made certain when Sunday morning dawned bright and clear. But expectations were upset when daik clouds gathered from the east, and drizzling rain set- in shortly after noon, to continue throughout the night. Several very heavy showers fell, and at the Ruakura Farm of Instruction the rainfall guage recorded .81 inches of rain for the 24 hours ended at 9.30 a.m. to-day. The downpour was general throughout the d'strict, and m some parts paddocks and roads were flooded.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR. HEAVY FALL AT AUCKLAND. DOUBLE MONTHLY AVERAGE. (By Telegraph—Press *«sorint|on.' AUCKLAND, Monday. Auckland had 3.86 inches of rain in Ihe week-end, making the total rainfall this month already more than double the average. Early yesterday morning the fall was torrential, but after daybreak the sun came out hot, with the result that many thousands hastened to the beaches to take advantage of the perfect day. Soon after mid-day, however, heavy rain came from the east, and continued all the afternoon and night. It cleared up this morning, and at noon was sunny, but many people will be long in forgetting their betrayal yesterday, when they got sunburned in the morning and soaked in the afternoon.
IN TE AROHA DISTRICT. STEADY WARM RAIN FALLS. LOW-LYING COUNTRY FLOODED. (By Telegraph.—Special to Times.) TE AROHA, Monday. Steady warm rain set in yesterday afternoon, and became heavier through the night. At nine o’clock this morning 1.30 in. had been recorded at the Tourist Domain. The Waihou River and mounain streams are in high flood, and the river flowed over its hanks in many places. The lower portion of the Ilerries’ Domain is under water and many low-lying areas north of Tc Aroha are submerged. A heavy flood is probable, but as yet no damage is reported from the outdistricts, as the farmers have taken the precaution to shift stock to higher ground. ,
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Waikato Times, Volume 115, Issue 19178, 12 February 1934, Page 7
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344SEVERE WEATHER. Waikato Times, Volume 115, Issue 19178, 12 February 1934, Page 7
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