STORM IN BRITAIN.
HEAVY RAINFALL.
ORCHARDS SUFFER.
By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright.
London, Sept. 12. During the night London was swept by a phenomenal thunderstorm. The wind attained a velocity of 45 miles per hour and the rainfall was the heaviest nitce June. 1917. Two indies of rain were recorded in some places. It iu calculated that the fall over the Metropolitan Police District totalled <57 million tons of water. 1 The parks were strewn with branches of trees and the roadway in Rotten Row was nearly carried away by the torrents of rain.
The storm was severe on the coast and many houses were flooded and damaged. The orchards in Kent were stripped of fruit. The hurricane left a trail of havoc over a wide area.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1921, Page 5
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125STORM IN BRITAIN. Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1921, Page 5
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