TORRENTIAL RAIN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 February 1941, Page 4

TORRENTIAL RAIN

HEAVY FALL IN TARARUAS.

DISTRICT RIVERS IN HIGH FLOOD.

! Torrential rain fell in the Tararua' Ranges yesterday and Wairarapa riv-l I ers were in the heaviest flood for! I many years. Very little rain fell ’inj i the Wairarapa Valley. . One resident of Kaituna states that; ! he has never seen the Wuingawa Ri-i ver in higher flood. Huge logs were’ | being carried down the river like bits’ 'of paper. The Ruamahangti and Waio-;

hine were likewise in heavy flood and! their waters spread over a consider-! able expanse of country. The main highway near the Waiohine Bridge; was under water for several hours ami. some settlers were temporarily cut off The flood went down as quick as it tip- j peareri. Masterton residents this morning! found that their household water con-; tained an overdose of Tararua silt.! probably due to some interference by i the flood with the filter system at the;

headworks. This morning the borough | statl opened up the mam and flushed, them to clear the water ami steps were; taken to attend to the filter. The rivers today are well down, ogai::. STOPBANK BROKEN. TRAFFIC BLOCKED NEAR GREYTOWN Af.er having fallen somewhat in the late afternoon, 'he Waiohme Riverj agam rose considerably lust evening! and the flood reached" even a higher level than st did during the day In ; consi'tiucnco, iht* .slopbunk ut Ainu* koiiku k<ivc \vuy opposite -Mr ugwul* lader's property ami the tlood was of; such proportions that curs were tin-. able to negotiate the highway ami hud to seek aecosnnHxkuion j {>.)’• th<* return ?<> tiicir honn: