REAK STORMS WHILE LONDON SWELTERS
LOXDON, July 4. "While London sweuted hi n niglit teinperature of niore tliiin .70 degrees, freak stonns which had b'een visible from France, swept across the Channeh and liit several arefis of ' the soutli Aioasr. ' In a freak burst of rain, thunder and lightning Folkeslone 's heat sud denly gave way to a hail storm. In one ama electrical disturbances could be seeu 50 niiles arouud. A second day of temperatures above 80 degrees yesterday gave Londoners practice in a new sort of queueing — for swinnning space and time in public baths. Botli had to be rationed.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 July 1946, Page 5
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102REAK STORMS WHILE LONDON SWELTERS Chronicle (Levin), 5 July 1946, Page 5
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