THE WEATHER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2414, 20 October 1892, Page 3

THE WEATHER.

The recent storm caused a great rise in all the Wairarapa rivers, considerable damage to roads being done in some parts. All the low-lying country was flooded. The chief damage is on the main road between Masterton and Carterton, where the approach to the bridge near Waingawa is washed away. The northerly gale at Wellington subsided on Sunday evening, but on Monday morning rain set in again from the south without wind. Amongst other damage several poles were blown down between Wellington and Crofton. Several heavy slips occurred on the Government railway near Upper Hutt and on the Rimutaka incline. It will take several days to clear. Six inches of rain fell at Summit, on the Rimutaka line on Friday apd Saturday. This is one-sixth of the total rainfall last year. Extraordinarily heavy rain fell at Westport on Friday and Saturday. It was also raining on Sunday and Monday. Telegraphic communication was stopped from Friday night until Monday morning. The low-lying parts of the town were flooded, but no great damage was done. There was the biggest flood in the Duller river that had been seen for years. The vast volume of water was poured down at a velocity of nine miles per hour. The main Duller road suffered considerable damage from slips, and portions of the road were washed completely away in one place. All vehicle traffic in that direction was stopped. Railway traffic was stopped by a slip. Two thousand tons of earth were on the line between Waimangaro and Conn’s Creek. The approaches to culverts were washed away in many places. The line was flooded for miles. A telegram to hand yesterday from Wellington states : “ Captain Edwin forecasts that there is every indication that land gales and rain from the northeast will begin within the next 24 hours, the wiud gradually changing to east and south-east at places south of Wauganui and Napier.”