HEAVY WEATHER REPORTS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 23, 19 May 1914, Page 5

HEAVY WEATHER REPORTS

GISBORNE EXPERIENCES. [Per Press Association.] Gisborne, May 18. A south-easterly storm of exceptional severity has been raging since 8 a.m. on Sunday. The-steamer Warrimoo arrived from Auckland yesterday afterrioon, but was unable to tranship and. put out to sea. She lias not yet returned., ,j| ' SIS -HI Jf A tremendous sea is running off the coast,. and heavy rain is. (falling; |pjj< tho whole of. the eastern seaboard. are in high flood. *‘The WaL,. paoat river-overflowed its bands at xmd- 1 night. ’ .! i ; d'- J/ The steamer Ngahere’nibdfed at the - Gisborne wharf, broke adrift last flight, -but anchors were promptly cast, and the vessel hold, safely. . , ’ ■ t . 1 ' . . % , . The river has risen twenty feet at Te Karaka. The rain still continues.

The waters are encroaching on Patutahi township, but the settlers haying taken the precaution ..remove their stock, not much damage is anticipaBoats are being sent out frpm town to assist settlers in the country, several of whom have water through heir houses. _ . < ■ '¥i. Tlie railway services, are suspended, owing to extensive slips. The water is over the railway line at Makauri and Ormond. u * ■.i J i '■ <■; •' IN HAWKE’S BAY.. Napier, May 18. Rain has fallen continuously throughout Hawke’s Bay since Saturday afternoon, and at 11 o’clock to-night there is still no sign of the weather clearing. A strong has also brought up a heavy sea, and generally the conditions are extremely unpleasant.

There is much water on the lowlying parts of the country, and many slips are reported on country roads. At Tutira station the rainfall for forty hours was over nine inches, while in Napier it was nearly four inches. Owing to the high sea the Warrimoo was unable to berth at the breakwater, and is standing off till the weather moderates, while the Zealandic and Kauri have put out to sea. All the rivers are considerably swollen, but none has so far overflowed its banks, except at Papakura, where stock had to be removed to higher land. No losses of stock are reported. SHIPPING DISORGANISED. GISBORNE ISOLATED. AVollintgon, May 18. The weather to-day continued wild and wet, and with heavy seas running in Cook Strait, the smaller coastal vessels’ running has been disorganised. At ten o’clock to-night the Telegraph Office advised that communication with Gisborne had been totally interrupted all day. Napier reports that the weather is very bad, and the country flooded. There is little chance of communication being restored to-morrow. The postmistress at Mohaka had to abandon the office owing to floods. The approach to the Mohaka bridge has been washed away, and it is feared the bridge will go also. Wairoa reports that the river is in high flood, and thero is no chance of mails leaving for several days.