FLOOD WATERS SUBSIDING
HEAVY DAMAGE TO ROADS IN NORTH AUCKLAND
(P.A.) AUCKLAND. June 25. Very little rain fell in North Auckland to-day and the heavy floods caused by the terrific downpour of the preceding three days are now slowly subsiding, leaving fields and pasture lands covered with thick, yellow silt. Many of the traffic routes which were temporarily blocked have been cleared. although not all roads are yet open.
The warm front which brought the rain to the north has moved southward, and to-day there were heavy downpours in the Bay of Plenty Road damage in Northland is estimated at many thousands of pounds. Most of the main routes are now open again, although the heavy slips on some are expected to take several weefts to clear The major slip, which blocked the principal WhangareiAuckland State highway on Monday, was cleared to-niffht sufficiently to allow traffic through.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24911, 26 June 1946, Page 6
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