SERIOUS OUTLOOK
FLOODS LIKELY TO EXTEND. QTHER RIVERS MAY BREAK BANKS. HANKOW, June 19. The Chinese spokesman' for the Yellow River Conservancy Board expressed fears that the floods would inundate north-east Honan, north Kiangsu, and north Anhwei. He also pointed out the possibility that the Hwau Rivex- and the Yangtse would break their banks as a result of the influx from the Yellow River. The Yangtse, owing to the continued rainfall, is approaching a record level. Authorities are strengthening the dikes in the neighbourhood of Hankow.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 June 1938, Page 7
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